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Are women who work in bars, guesthouses and similar facilities a suitable study population for vaginal microbicide trials in Africa? [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: A feasibility study was conducted to investigate whether an occupational at-risk cohort of women in Mwanza, Tanzania are a suitable study population for future phase III vaginal microbicide trials.
Suzanna C. Francis, Stella Kasindi, Watson-Jones Deborah, Shagi, Charles, Claire Cook, Francis, Suzanna C, Watson-Jones, Deborah, Tobias Chirwa, Cook, Claire, Richard J. Hayes, Suzanna C Francis, Microbicides Development Programme, Louise Knight, Vallely Andrew, Celia Barberousse, Hayes, Richard J, Deborah Watson-Jones, Francis Suzanna C., Knight, Louise, Ross, David, Ian R Hambleton, Changalucha John, Everett Dean, Everett, Dean, Hambleton Ian R., Vallely, Andrew, Charles Shagi, Cook Claire, Changalucha, John, Shagi Charles, Hambleton, Ian R, Chirwa, Tobias, John Changalucha, Barberousse Celia, Kasindi Stella, Knight Louise, Dean Everett, Richard J Hayes, null null, Kasindi, Stella, Barberousse, Celia, Ian R. Hambleton, Ross David, Chirwa Tobias, Andrew Vallely, David Ross, Hayes Richard J.   +46 more
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Development of Vaginal Carriers Based on Chitosan-Grafted-PNIPAAm for Progesterone Administration

Gels, 2022
Chitosan-based hydrogels possess numerous advantages, such as biocompatibility and non-toxicity, and it is considered a proper material to be used in biomedical and pharmaceutical applications.
Oana-Teodora Afloarea, Catalina Natalia Cheaburu Yilmaz, Liliana Verestiuc, Nela Bibire   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Natural orifice surgery: new concept in minimally invasive surgery [PDF]

Einstein (São Paulo), 2010
We present the concept of natural orifice surgery and of scarless operations, with their access routes, their multidisciplinary character, and challenges to their development. We point out the intra- and postoperative advantages.
Thomaz Rafael Gollop, Arnaldo Urbano Ruiz Filho, Adriana Grandesso dos Santos, Rogério Francisco Bianchi, Alexandre Guilherme Zabeu Rossi   +4 more
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The combination route versus sublingual and vaginal misoprostol for the termination of 13 to 24 week pregnancies: A randomized clinical trial

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2015
Objective: The goal of this study was to compare the effectiveness of misoprostol via sublingual and vaginal administration versus the combination route in the termination of 13 to 24 week pregnancies.
Fatemeh Rahimi-Sharbaf, Khadijeh Adabi, Mehrnaz Valadan, Mahboobeh Shirazi, Sepideh Nekuie, Parisa Ghaffari, Narges Khansari   +6 more
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Healthy Vaginal Microbiota and Influence of Probiotics Across the Female Life Span

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Vaginal microbiota plays a central role in women’s health and reproduction. Vaginal microbiota is dynamic and shaped by hormonal shifts in each stage of a woman’s life from pre-puberty to postmenopause.
Liisa Lehtoranta, Reeta Ala-Jaakkola, Arja Laitila, Johanna Maukonen   +3 more
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Bacterial vaginosis in female facility workers in north-western Tanzania: prevalence and risk factors. [PDF]

, 2009
OBJECTIVES: To determine prevalence of, and risk factors for, bacterial vaginosis (BV) among herpes simplex virus (HSV) 2 seropositive Tanzanian women at enrollment into a randomised, placebo-controlled trial of HSV suppressive treatment.
Ross, D, P Hay, Hambleton, Ian, Watson-Jones, Deborah, H A Weiss, D Everett, Tanton, Clare, Watson-Jones, D, J Changalucha, Ross, David, Baisley, Kathy, Weiss, Helen, D Watson-Jones, Hayes, Richard, Everett, Dean, R Hayes, Hambleton, I, K Mugeye, Mugeye, Kokugonza, Weiss, HA, Changalucha, John, Hay, Phillip, Tanton, C, Chirwa, Tobias, D Ross, Changalucha, J, Everett, D, T Chirwa, I Hambleton, K Baisley, Mugeye, K, Baisley, K, Hay, P, C Tanton, Chirwa, T, Hayes, R   +35 more
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Study of factors determining the route of hysterectomy and their correlation with decision making factors [PDF]

New Indian Journal of OBGYN
Objectives: 1) To outline the factors for the route of the hysterectomy; 2) To identify factors which will allow the gynecologists to perform vaginal hysterectomy?
Akriti Saxena , Alka S Gupta
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A Novel Conserved Protein in Streptococcus agalactiae, BvaP, Is Important for Vaginal Colonization and Biofilm Formation

mSphere, 2022
Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus [GBS]) infections in neonates are often fatal and strongly associated with maternal GBS vaginal colonization. Here, we investigated the role of an uncharacterized protein, BvaP, in GBS vaginal colonization.
Lamar S. Thomas, Laura C. Cook
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Misoprostol en dos formas de administración para la dilatación cervical en el aborto instrumentado

Medimay, 2013
Introducción: el misoprostol es un producto extremadamente útil como fármaco abortivo, tiene un alto margen de seguridad cuando es pautado en dosis adecuadas y con una correcta supervisión médica.
Luis Gustavo García Baños, Marilín Alonso Sicilia, Elibet Concepción Pérez   +2 more
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Botulinum toxin treatment of refractory vaginismus: a prospective study

International Journal of Women's Dermatology
Background:. Vaginismus is a common sexual dysfunction. A few studies have indicated that botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNTA) can help treat refractory vaginismus by alleviating muscle tension.
Sejal Ajmera Desai, MD, Bela Shah, MD, George Kroumpouzos, MD, PhD   +2 more
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