Accounting for Anovulation and Vaginal Thinning During Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Use
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Use of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate and fracture risk.
CONTEXT Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), which has a high rate of use among teenagers in Europe and the United States, has been associated with impaired bone mineral acquisition during adolescence and accelerated bone loss in later life. Studies on the association between DMPA use and fracture risk are limited. OBJECTIVE We aimed at evaluating the relationship between use of hormonal...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0022-1899,1537-6613
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu518