Background: The effects of combined oral contraceptive pills and metformin on glucose and lipid metabolism and androgenic hormone profile of hirsute women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are not clearly known. A...
supported by a grant from the Research Foundation of the Shandong Provincial Committee of Population and Family Planning, Jinan, Shandong, China
Objective To compare adolescents' bone mineral density (BMD) between users of combined oral contraceptive (Marvelon, desogestrel/ethinylestradiol) and no.nhormonal control subjects. Methods The study included 127...
Objective To compare bone mineral density (BMD) among users of ethinylestradiol/ desogestrel, ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate and nonhormonal control subjects. Methods The study included 154 women aged 25-40 ye...
funded by the National Tenth Five-year Key Project (2002BA709B06)
To assess the side effects and the continuation rate of combined oral contraceptive (COC) containing desogestrel (Marvelon) during 12 months. Methods This was a post-marketing surveillance study on Marvelon COC am...
Objective To explore the effects of steroid hormone contraceptives (SHCs), such as Mercilon, Chinese No. 1 pill, Post coital pill, Mesigyna, and Cyclofem, on lipid metabolism in Chinese women during the last decade...