Progestogen-only contraceptive pill compared with combined oral contraceptive in the treatment of pain symptoms caused by endometriosis in patients with migraine without aura

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 179, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-68

  Morotti, Matteo ^a   Remorgida, Valentino ^a   Venturini, Pier Luigi ^a   Ferrero, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Combined oral contraceptive; Endometriosis; Migraine without aura; Pain; Progestins

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; GESTAGEN; NAPROXEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTOGEN ONLY CONTRACEPTIVE PILL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DESOGESTREL; DESOGESTREL PLUS ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ARTICLE; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHONOPHOBIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SHORT FORM 36; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING; WELLBEING; ADULT; DYSMENORRHEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; PELVIC PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; PELVIC PAIN; PROGESTINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904608598     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.05.016     Document Type: Article

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