Volume 53, Number 2, February 2008
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Lawrence D. Devoe, M.D.
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J. Eric Jelovsek, M.D., Mark D. Walters, M.D., and Matthew D. Barber, M.D., M.H.S.
Vulvodynia results in a worse quality of life as compared to other chronic vulvovaginal disorders.
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Nina Bohm-Starke, M.D., Ph.D., and Eva Rylander, M.D., Ph.D.
Women with secondary localized, provoked vestibulodynia usually benefit from surgery when other treatments fail, but careful preoperative selection is necessary for optimal results.
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Alicia B. Moore, M.S., Gordon P. Flake, M.D., Carol D. Swartz, D.V.M., Ph.D., Glenn Heartwell, M.P.H., Deborah Cousins, M.S.P.H., Joseph K. Haseman, Ph.D., Grace E. Kissling, Ph.D., Mary K. Sidawy, M.D., and Darlene Dixon, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Although African Americans constituted a disproportionate majority of fibroid surgical cases in this study, racial differences did not influence fibroid gross pathology parameters in them.
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Philip Mayer, Ph.D., Susanna Tse, Ph.D., Mary Sendi, Pharm.D., Dale Bourg, and Dennis Morrison, D.O.
Oral dosing of conjugated equine estrogen at steady state resulted in consistent concentrations of estrogen components during a dosing interval.
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Bernard L. Harlow, Ph.D., Allison F. Vitonis, S.M., and Elizabeth Gunther Stewart, M.D.
Use of oral contraceptives does not significantly increase the risk of vulvodynia, although the risk is slightly increased in women whose first use began before age 18.
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Ahmed Shafik, M.D., Ph.D., Olfat El Sibai, M.D., Ph.D., and Ali A. Shafik, M.Ch., M.D.
An increase in glans clitoris stimulation that increased vaginal electromyographic activity and pressure, presumably indicating vaginal wall contraction, seems to be mediated through a clitorovaginal excitatory reflex.
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Manisha Palep-Singh, M.D., MRCOG, Helen M. Picton, Ph.D., Julian H. Barth, M.D., FRCP, FRCPath, and Adam H. Balen, M.D., FRCOG
Metabolic syndrome criteria need to be redefined in terms of obesity in South Asian women, and the role of community-based preventive measures in young women needs to be emphasized.
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Ruth Murphy, MMEdSci (Med Ed), Ph.D., FRCP, and Libby Edwards, M.D.
There may be a nonspecific, noninfectious vaginitis that is not otherwise classifiable as a recognized pattern of inflammation.
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Peter C. Klatsky, M.D., Emily J. Cronbach, M.D., Lora K. Shahine, M.D., and Aaron B. Caughey, M.D., M.P.P., M.P.H.
This case suggests that appendicitis in the third trimester may be a risk factor for placental abruption.
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Robert P. Kauffman, M.D.
A 35-year-old woman with an adult-onset idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism underwent successful pregnancy after gonadotropin administration.
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Sara Sinha, M.D., Ashley S. Roman, M.D., M.P.H., Neal S. Cayne, M.D., Stephanie Saltzberg, M.D., and Andrei Rebarber, M.D.
A case of postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis was successfully treated with a removable suprarenal inferior vena cava filter and intravenous antibiotics.
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Alireza Abidi, M.D., Kirsten Menn, M.D., Andrea Sherman, M.D., Thomas Konia, M.D., and Masoud Azodi, M.D.
Cervical carcinosarcoma may have a better prognosis than uterine carcinosarcoma and require more aggressive treatment.
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Diana H. Wu, M.D., Daniel G. McMurtrie, M.D., Samuel D. Hirsch, M.D., and Carolyn M. Johnston, M.D.
A case of postmenopausal hirsutism and hyperandrogenism caused by a mature cystic teratoma resolved after surgical resection.
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