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Contraception
Hormonal contraceptives, younger age, race affect cervicovaginal inflammation
March 17th, 2005
Use of progesterone-based contraceptives, being of younger age, and black race were found to be independently associated with an increase in cervicovaginal inflammatory cells in a Johns Hopkins University study. "The impact of demographic characteristics, phase of the menstrual cycle, use of hormonal contraceptives, and concomitant lower genital-tract infections on cervicovaginal inflammatory cells was assessed in 967 women, 654 of whom were infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)," wrote K.G. Ghanem and colleagues. They counted the total number of white blood cells (WBC), polymorphonuclear leukocytes, and monocytes in...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-03-17)
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