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The effect of pycnogenol on patients with dysmenorrhea using low-dose oral contraceptives

OBJECTIVE: Menstrual symptoms such as dysmenorrhea usually occur during the hormone-free interval in oral contraceptive users. Progestin withdrawal activates NF-κB transcription factor, which upregulates both vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and Cox-2 expression in the endometrium. The use...

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Autores principales: Maia, Hugo, Haddad, Clarice, Casoy, Julio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4266261/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25525393
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S75389

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