BACKGROUND Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate is the most studied injectable contraceptive and also one of the most effective methods of contraception currently available. It is reversible, its use is independent of intercourse, and can be provided by trained non-medical staff making it particularly suitable for use in developing countries. The aim of this study is to determine the socio-demogra...

1Department of Public Health; 2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Zahedan Medical Sciences University, Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran. Received: 08/12/02; accepted: 13/05/03 ABSTRACT We evaluated contraception continuation rates and discontinuation reasons in Zahedan among 1741 women from 1998–2000. By Kaplan–Meier technique continuation rates were 92% for low d...

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BACKGROUND Tumor cells in chronic lymphocytic leukemia accumulate in the periphery through the proliferation of a minority of cells in lymph nodes. The proliferative and survival signals in these proliferation centers include interactions with T lymphocytes expressing CD40 ligand. We have demonstrated that the low toxicity combination of bezafibrate and medroxyprogesterone acetate induces mitoc...

Medroxyprogesterone acetate is widely used in veterinary medicine as intravaginal dosage for the synchronization of breeding cycle in ewes and goats. The main goal of this study was to develop reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography method for the quantification of medroxyprogesterone acetate in veterinary vaginal sponges. A single high-performance liquid chromatography/UV isocrati...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of hormone replacement therapy using dienogest and medroxyprogesterone acetate on psychological symptoms in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 73 patients who sought treatment at the menopause units of the authors' gynecology and obstetrics clinics between of November 2003 and October 2004 compla...