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Recognizing myofascial pelvic pain in the female patient with chronic pelvic pain. [PDF]
, 2012 Myofascial pelvic pain (MFPP) is a major component of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and often is not properly identified by health care providers. The hallmark diagnostic indicator of MFPP is myofascial trigger points in the pelvic floor musculature that ...
Katzman, Wendy B, Pastore, Elizabeth A
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Women & health, 2020 Socio-cultural beliefs and practices surrounding menses influence women’s sexual and reproductive health behaviors and decision-making. We analyzed menstrual experiences within the context of the MTN-020/ASPIRE clinical trial during which women were ...
Z. Duby +7 more
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Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2020 BACKGROUND Young women aged 15-24 years are disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic. Two phase III trials of a vaginal ring containing 25-mg dapivirine demonstrated HIV-1 risk reduction in adult women older than 21 years but not in those aged 18 ...
K. Bunge +17 more
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Matrix and reservoir-type multipurpose vaginal rings for controlled release of dapivirine and levonorgestrel [PDF]
, 2016 A matrix-type silicone elastomer vaginal ring providing 28-day continuous release of dapivirine (DPV) - a lead candidate human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) microbicide compound - has recently demonstrated moderate levels of protection in two ...
Blanda, Wendy +10 more
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Quantitative Screening of Cervical Cancers for Low-Resource Settings: Pilot Study of Smartphone-Based Endoscopic Visual Inspection After Acetic Acid Using Machine Learning Techniques [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Approximately 90% of global cervical cancer (CC) is mostly found in low- and middle-income countries. In most cases, CC can be detected early through routine screening programs, including a cytology-based test.
Ahn, Yujin +10 more
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Progesterone Vaginal Ring for Luteal Support [PDF]
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India, 2014 Progesterone supplementation is universally used and has been shown to be beneficial in supplementation of the luteal phase in IVF. There are multiple options and the most commonly used include intramuscular and vaginal progesterone. A progesterone vaginal ring is a novel system for luteal support with advantages of controlled release with less ...
Laurel, Stadtmauer, Kay, Waud
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Association between obesity and bacterial vaginosis as assessed by Nugent score [PDF]
, 2019 Background Bacterial vaginosis is one of the most common vaginal conditions in the U.S. Recent studies have suggested obese women have an abnormal microbiota reminiscent of BV; however, few studies have investigated the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis
Allsworth, Jenifer E. +4 more
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A temperature-monitoring vaginal ring for measuring adherence.
PLoS ONE, 2015 BackgroundProduct adherence is a pivotal issue in the development of effective vaginal microbicides to reduce sexual transmission of HIV. To date, the six Phase III studies of vaginal gel products have relied primarily on self-reporting of adherence ...
Peter Boyd +9 more
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NOViSE: a virtual natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery simulator [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose: Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is a novel technique in minimally invasive surgery whereby a flexible endoscope is inserted via a natural orifice to gain access to the abdominal cavity, leaving no external scars.
Barrow, A +4 more
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Repurposing of terconazole as an anti Trypanosoma cruzi agent [PDF]
, 2019 Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease, a parasitic infection endemic in Latin America. Currently there are no effective treatments for the chronic phase of the disease, when most patients are diagnosed, therefore the development of ...
Martínez Sayé, Melisa Soledad +4 more
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