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BMC Women's Health

Ausgabe 1/2012

Inhalt (44 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Fibroid explants reveal a higher sensitivity against MDM2-inhibitor nutlin-3 than matching myometrium

Dominique N Markowski, Burkhard M Helmke, Arlo Radtke, Jennifer Froeb, Gazanfer Belge, Sabine Bartnitzke, Werner Wosniok, Iris Czybulka-Jachertz, Ulrich Deichert, Jörn Bullerdiek

Open Access Research article

Factors associated with treatment of women with osteoporosis or osteopenia from a national survey

Eric S Meadows, Beth D Mitchell, Susan C Bolge, Joseph A Johnston, Nananda F Col

Open Access Research article

Rates of IUCD discontinuation and its associated factors among the clients of a social franchising network in Pakistan

Syed Khurram Azmat, Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Waqas Hameed, Mohsina Bilgrami, Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Ishaque, Wajahat Hussain, Aftab Ahmed

Open Access Research article

Prevalence, symptoms and management of uterine fibroids: an international internet-based survey of 21,746 women

Anne Zimmermann, David Bernuit, Christoph Gerlinger, Matthias Schaefers, Katharina Geppert

Open Access Research article

Socioeconomic conditions and number of pain sites in women

Toril Rannestad, Finn Egil Skjeldestad

Open Access Study protocol

Non-inferiority of short-term urethral catheterization following fistula repair surgery: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Mark A Barone, Vera Frajzyngier, Steven Arrowsmith, Joseph Ruminjo, Armando Seuc, Evelyn Landry, Karen Beattie, Thierno Hamidou Barry, Alyona Lewis, Mulu Muleta, Dolorès Nembunzu, Robert Olupot, Ileogben Sunday-Adeoye, Weston Khisa Wakasiaka, Mariana Widmer, A Metin Gülmezoglu

Open Access Research article

Hypovitaminosis D and prevalent asymptomatic vertebral fractures in Moroccan postmenopausal women

Abdellah El Maghraoui, Zhor Ouzzif, Aziza Mounach, Asmaa Rezqi, Lahsen Achemlal, Ahmed Bezza, Saida Tellal, Mohamed Dehhaoui, Imad Ghozlani

Open Access Research article

A population-based study of Kurdish breast cancer in northern Iraq: Hormone receptor and HER2 status. A comparison with Arabic women and United States SEER data

Runnak A Majid, Hazha A Mohammed, Hemin A Hassan, Wasan A Abdulmahdi, Rekawt M Rashid, Michael D Hughson

Open Access Study protocol

DNA-testing for BRCA1/2 prior to genetic counselling in patients with breast cancer: design of an intervention study, DNA-direct

Aisha S Sie, Liesbeth Spruijt, Wendy AG van Zelst-Stams, Arjen R Mensenkamp, Marjolijn J Ligtenberg, Han G Brunner, Judith B Prins, Nicoline Hoogerbrugge

Open Access Research article

Evaluation of dietary intake of lactating women in China and its potential impact on the health of mothers and infants

Haijiao Chen, Ping Wang, Yaofeng Han, Jing Ma, Frederic A Troy II, Bing Wang

Open Access Research article

Secular trends in age at menarche and time to establish regular menstrual cycling in Japanese women born between 1930 and 1985

Michie Hosokawa, Setsuko Imazeki, Hideki Mizunuma, Toshiro Kubota, Kunihiko Hayashi

Open Access Study protocol

The inSIGHT study: costs and effects of routine hysteroscopy prior to a first IVF treatment cycle. A randomised controlled trial

Janine G Smit, Jenneke C Kasius, Marinus JC Eijkemans, Carolien AM Koks, Ron Van Golde, Jurjen GE Oosterhuis, Annemiek W Nap, Gabrielle J Scheffer, Petra AP Manger, Annemiek Hoek, Mesrure Kaplan, Dick BC Schoot, Arne M van Heusden, Walter KH Kuchenbecker, Denise AM Perquin, Kathrin Fleischer, Eugenie M Kaaijk, Alexander Sluijmer, Jaap Friederich, Joop SE Laven, Marcel van Hooff, Leonie A Louwe, Janet Kwee, Jantien J Boomgaard, Corry H de Koning, Ineke CAH Janssen, Femke Mol, Ben WJ Mol, Helen L Torrance, Frank JM Broekmans

Open Access Research article

Assessment of leukemia inhibitory factor and glycoprotein 130 expression in endometrium and uterine flushing: a possible diagnostic tool for impaired fertility

Manal A Tawfeek, Manal A Eid, Azza M Hasan, Manal Mostafa, Hesham A El-Serogy

Open Access Research article

Interactive effect of genetic susceptibility with height, body mass index, and hormone replacement therapy on the risk of breast cancer

Sophia Harlid, Salma Butt, Malin IL Ivarsson, Jorunn Erla Eyfjörd, Per Lenner, Jonas Manjer, Joakim Dillner, Joyce Carlson

Open Access Research article

Physical health symptoms reported by trafficked women receiving post-trafficking support in Moldova: prevalence, severity and associated factors

Siân Oram, Nicolae V Ostrovschi, Viorel I Gorceag, Mihai A Hotineanu, Lilia Gorceag, Carolina Trigub, Melanie Abas

Open Access Research article

Sexual function and chemotherapy in postmenopausal women with breast cancer

José Antônio Crespo Cavalheiro, Ana Cristina da Costa Bittelbrunn, Carlos Henrique Menke, Jorge Villanova Biazús, Nilton Leite Xavier, Rodrigo Cericatto, Fernando Schuh, Caroline Vieira Pinheiro, Eduardo Pandolfi Passos

Open Access Study protocol

The OPTIMIST study: optimisation of cost effectiveness through individualised FSH stimulation dosages for IVF treatment. A randomised controlled trial

Theodora C van Tilborg, Marinus JC Eijkemans, Joop SE Laven, Carolien AM Koks, Jan Peter de Bruin, Gabrielle J Scheffer, Ron JT van Golde, Kathrin Fleischer, Annemieke Hoek, Annemiek W Nap, Walter KH Kuchenbecker, Petra A Manger, Egbert A Brinkhuis, Arne M van Heusden, Alexander V Sluijmer, Arie Verhoeff, Marcel HA van Hooff, Jaap Friederich, Jesper MJ Smeenk, Janet Kwee, Harold R Verhoeve, Cornelis B Lambalk, Frans M Helmerhorst, Fulco van der Veen, Ben Willem J Mol, Helen L Torrance, Frank JM Broekmans

Open Access Research article

Care-seeking patterns for fatal non-communicable diseases among women of reproductive age in rural northwest Bangladesh

Shegufta S Sikder, Alain B Labrique, Barkat Ullah, Sucheta Mehra, Mahbubur Rashid, Hasmot Ali, Nusrat Jahan, Abu A Shamim, Keith P West Jr, Parul Christian

Open Access Research article

Treatment of endometriosis in different ethnic populations: a meta-analysis of two clinical trials

Christoph Gerlinger, Thomas Faustmann, Jeffrey J Hassall, Christian Seitz

Open Access Research article

Psychometric properties of the Confidence and Trust in Delivery Questionnaire (CTDQ): a pilot study

Elke Jeschke, Thomas Ostermann, Natalie Dippong, Dagmar Brauer, Harald Matthes

Open Access Study protocol

Cryo-thawed embryo transfer: natural versus artificial cycle. A non-inferiority trial.(ANTARCTICA trial)

Eva R Groenewoud, Nick S Macklon, Ben J Cohlen

Open Access Research article

Psychosocial impact of perinatal loss among Muslim women

Rosnah Sutan, Hazlina Mohd Miskam

Open Access Research article

Triple negative breast cancer in Moroccan women: clinicopathological and therapeutic study at the National Institute of Oncology

Ghizlane Rais, Soundouss Raissouni, Meryem Aitelhaj, Fadoi Rais, Sara Naciri, Siham Khoyaali, Halima Abahssain, Youssef Bensouda, Basma Khannoussi, Hind Mrabti, Hassan Errihani

Open Access Research article

Patient understanding of the revised USPSTF screening mammogram guidelines: need for development of patient decision aids

Summer V Allen, Lise Solberg Nes, Mary L Marnach, Kristen Polga, Sarah M Jenkins, Julia A Files, Ivana T Croghan, Karthik Ghosh, Sandhya Pruthi

Open Access Research article

Disclosure experience in a convenience sample of quebec-born women living with HIV: a phenomenological study

Geneviève Rouleau, José Côté, Chantal Cara

Open Access Research article

Barriers to condom use among women at risk of HIV/AIDS: a qualitative study from Iran

Razieh Lotfi, Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani, Farideh Yaghmaei, Ebrahim Hajizadeh

Open Access Research article

An assessment of the likely acceptability of vaginal microbicides for HIV prevention among women in rural Ghana

Martha A Abdulai, Frank Baiden, George Adjei, Samuel Afari-Asiedu, Kwame Adjei, Charlotte Tawiah, Sam Newton

Open Access Research article

“Voices of Fear and Safety” Women’s ambivalence towards breast cancer and breast health: a qualitative study from Jordan

Hana Taha, Raeda Al-Qutob, Lennarth Nyström, Rolf Wahlström, Vanja Berggren

Open Access Research article

Mammography-based screening program: preliminary results from a first 2-year round in a Brazilian region using mobile and fixed units

Raphael Luiz Haikel Jr, Edmundo Carvalho Mauad, Thiago Buosi Silva, Jacó Saraiva de Castro Mattos, Luciano Fernandes Chala, Adhemar Longatto-Filho, Nestor de Barros

Open Access Research article

The health of women in the US fire service

Sara A Jahnke, WS Carlos Poston, C Keith Haddock, Nattinee Jitnarin, Melissa L Hyder, Cheryl Horvath

Open Access Research article

Medically unexplained illness and the diagnosis of hysterical conversion reaction (HCR) in women’s medicine wards of Bangladeshi hospitals: a record review and qualitative study

Emily A Kendall, Rashid Uz Zaman, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Muhammad Waliur Rahman, Mohammad Abdul Kadir, Shaila Arman, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Emily S Gurley

Open Access Research article

Comparing the analgesic effect of heat patch containing iron chip and ibuprofen for primary dysmenorrhea: a randomized controlled trial

Shahindokht Navvabi Rigi, Fatihe kermansaravi, Ali Navidian, Leila Safabakhsh, Ameneh Safarzadeh, Somaye Khazaian, Shahla Shafie, Tahmineh Salehian

Open Access Debate

A comprehensive approach to women’s health: lessons from the Mexican health reform

Julio Frenk, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, Ana Langer

Open Access Research article

Estimation of menstrual blood loss volume based on menstrual diary and laboratory data

Ulrike Schumacher, Jens Schumacher, Uwe Mellinger, Christoph Gerlinger, Andreas Wienke, Jan Endrikat

Open Access Research article

Menopause and the influence of culture: another gap for Indigenous Australian women?

Emma K Jones, Janelle R Jurgenson, Judith M Katzenellenbogen, Sandra C Thompson

Open Access Research article

Comparing health-related quality of life of employed women and housewives: a cross sectional study from southeast Iran

Fatihe Kerman Saravi, Ali Navidian, Shahindokht Navabi Rigi, Ali Montazeri

Open Access Research article

Social support for women of reproductive age and its predictors: a population-based study

Azam Baheiraei, Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Eesa Mohammadi, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh Charandabi, Saharnaz Nedjat

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