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  1. Aerobic vaginitis (AV) is a reproductive tract infection that affects health of women. The objective of this study was to analyze the characteristics of simple and mixed AV patients in Xi’an district and provi...

    Authors: Taohong Zhang, Yan Xue, Ting Yue, Lili Xiong, Xiaowei Wang, Weihong Wang, Ying Liu and Ruifang An

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:138

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  2. Access to the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in Brazil is marked by immense inequalities in the provision of specialized assistance, which leads patients to seek treatment outside the place of reside...

    Authors: Beatriz Castro de Souza, Francisco Winter dos Santos Figueiredo, Luiz Vinicius de Alcantara Sousa, Erika da Silva Maciel and Fernando Adami

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:137

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  3. Little is known about how the menstrual cycle affects gastrointestinal function and self-reported stress in young, healthy women taking oral contraceptives (OC). This study prospectively characterized gastroin...

    Authors: Taylor C. Judkins, Jennifer C. Dennis-Wall, Shireen Madani Sims, James Colee and Bobbi Langkamp-Henken

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:136

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  4. The Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome, MRKHS, is a rare (orphan) disease characterized by the aplasia or hypoplasia of the uterus and the vagina. In women's health research, little is known as to how muc...

    Authors: Sara Yvonne Brucker, Leonie-Sophia Pösch, Joachim Graf, Alexander N. Sokolov, Norbert Schaeffeler, Andrea Kronenthaler, Hanna Hiltner, Anke Wagner, Esther Ueding, Monika A. Rieger, Dorit Schöller, Diana Stefanescu, Kristin Katharina Rall, Diethelm Wallwiener and Elisabeth Simoes

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:135

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  5. To investigate the age-dependent changes in circulating anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels in healthy Arabic-speaking Lebanese women, and to correlate changes in serum AMH levels with serum FSH and LH values,...

    Authors: Eddie Racoubian, Gulzhanat Aimagambetova, Ramzi R. Finan and Wassim Y. Almawi

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:134

    Content type: Research article

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  6. The use of implants has steadily increased in Kinshasa since 2013 but clinic-based access to this family planning method is limited due to distance and costs barriers. The objective of this study was to examin...

    Authors: Julie H. Hernandez, Pierre Akilimali, Annie Glover and Jane T. Bertrand

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:133

    Content type: Research article

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  7. The universally adopted 2018 PCOS medical diagnostic and treatment guidelines for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) cites the need for a brief screening measure that can be easily administered in the clinical...

    Authors: Michael J. Boivin, Farnaz Fatehi, Amy E. Phillips-Chan, Julia R. Richardson, Amanda N. Summers and Steven A. Foley

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:132

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  10. Maternal mortality, of which 6.7% is attributable to abortion complications, remains high in Mozambique. The objective of this paper is to assess the level of induced abortion at the community, as well as to a...

    Authors: Mónica Frederico, Carlos Arnaldo, Peter Decat, Adelino Juga, Elizabeth Kemigisha, Olivier Degomme and Kristien Michielsen

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:129

    Content type: Research article

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  12. Malnutrition among women in Nepal persists as a major public health burden. Global literature suggests that domestic violence may have a negative impact on women’s nutritional status. The contribution of intim...

    Authors: Ramesh P. Adhikari, Subash Yogi, Ajay Acharya and Kenda Cunningham

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:127

    Content type: Research article

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  13. Nearly all uterine cervical cancer (UCC) cases result from human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. After high-risk HPV infection, most HPV infections are naturally cleared by humoral and cell-mediated immune res...

    Authors: Wei Lin, Hua-ling Zhang, Zhao-yuan Niu, Zhen Wang, Yan Kong, Xing-sheng Yang and Fang Yuan

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:126

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  14. For a long time, the relationship between caffeine consumption and infertility in the general population is unclear, this study is aimed to systematically review the evidence from any type of controlled clinic...

    Authors: Fan-Long Bu, Xue Feng, Xiao-Ying Yang, Jun Ren and Hui-Juan Cao

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:125

    Content type: Research article

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  15. The quality of life (QoL) of patients with endometriosis and infertility was assessed in different stages and correlated with the clinical features of the cases.

    Authors: Marina Pessoa de Farias Rodrigues, Fabia Lima Vilarino, Alessandra de Souza Barbeiro Munhoz, Laércio da Silva Paiva, Luiz Vinicius de Alcantara Sousa, Victor Zaia and Caio Parente Barbosa

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:124

    Content type: Research article

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  17. Hysterectomy is one of the most common gynaecological procedures performed worldwide. The magnitude of the complications related to hysterectomy and their risk factors are bound to differ based on locations, a...

    Authors: Daniel Michael, Alex Mremi, Patricia Swai, Benjamin C. Shayo and Bariki Mchome

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:122

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  18. Determining the effective factors on the adoption of preventive behaviors capable of reducing the risk of skin cancer is an important step in designing interventions to promote these behaviors. Based on the pr...

    Authors: Nasrin Roozbahani, Abdol-Hossain Kaviani and Mahboobeh Khorsandi

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:121

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  20. Though obesity is associated with some malignancies, its association with cervical cancer is still inconclusive. This study was aimed at determining if there was an association between obesity and cervical epi...

    Authors: Silas Onyemaechi Okoro, Leonard Ogbonna Ajah, Peter Onubiwe Nkwo, Uzochukwu U. Aniebue, Benjamin Chukwuma Ozumba and Chibuike Ogwuegbu Chigbu

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:119

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  21. Less than 10% of newly diagnosed breast cancer cases in Jordan are diagnosed in women 70 years or older. Treatment plans of such patients is less clear and could result in poor outcomes. In this paper, we desc...

    Authors: Hikmat Abdel-Razeq, Fadwa Abdel Rahman, Hanan Almasri, Hazem Abdulelah, Mahmoud Abunasser, Mourad Salam and Ayat Taqash

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:118

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  22. Although intrauterine contraceptive device is highly effective, safe, long term and reversible method of contraception, the general population and physicians refuse. IUDs for nulliparous women due to persisten...

    Authors: Reham Refaat Elkhateeb, Eman Kishk, Ahmad Sanad, Haitham Bahaa, Abdel Rahman Hagazy, Kareem Shaheen, Enas Moustafa, Hahem Fares, Khalid Gomaa and Ahmad Mahran

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:117

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  23. The stigma experienced by cancer patients stems from the association of cancer with death, as cancer is the most feared disease worldwide, especially among cancer patients and their families. The stigma regard...

    Authors: Solikhah Solikhah, Ratu Matahari, Fitriana Putri Utami, Lina Handayani and Tri Ani Marwati

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:116

    Content type: Research article

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  24. Little research is available on follicular development and endometrial receptivity in older women. This study aimed to assess follicular development and endometrial receptivity, and to evaluate ultrasonic para...

    Authors: Li Wang, Shulan Lv, Wenjun Mao, E. Bai and Xiaofeng Yang

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:115

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  25. The presence of chronic deciduitis (CD) was determined in patients diagnosed with or without chronic endometritis (CE) before pregnancy.

    Authors: Shoji Kaku, Takuro Kubo, Fuminori Kimura, Akiko Nakamura, Jun Kitazawa, Aina Morimune, Akimasa Takahashi, Akie Takebayashi, Akiko Takashima, Ryoji Kushima and Takashi Murakami

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:114

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  26. In Northern Nigeria, short birth interval is common. The word kunika in the Hausa language describes a woman becoming pregnant before weaning her last child. A sizeable literature confirms an association between ...

    Authors: Umaira Ansari, Juan Pimentel, Khalid Omer, Yagana Gidado, Muhd Chadi Baba, Neil Andersson and Anne Cockcroft

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:113

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  27. Infertility remains a common universal disorder and a whole range of assisted reproductive technologies has been established. Society may fail to recognize the grief caused by infertility, which may lead to th...

    Authors: Taina Sormunen, Klas Karlgren, Arthur Aanesen, Bjöörn Fossum and Margareta Westerbotn

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:112

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  28. To investigate the characteristics of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) lesion distribution when associated with ovarian endometrioma (OEM).

    Authors: Hungling Kwok, Hongye Jiang, Tian Li, Huan Yang, Hui Fei, Li Cheng, Shuzhong Yao and Shuqin Chen

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:111

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  30. Immunological biomarkers were related to quality of life and neuropsychological performance in women recently diagnosed with breast cancer through the first six months of treatment. A comparison group of breas...

    Authors: Michael J. Boivin, Geoffrey P. Aaron, Nathan G. Felt and Lance Shamoun

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:109

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  31. Around 90% of postmenopausal women are suffering from vaginal atrophy. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of oxytocin vaginal gel on vaginal atrophy among postmenopausal women.

    Authors: Ilnaz Zohrabi, Parvin Abedi, Somayeh Ansari, Elham Maraghi, Nader Shakiba Maram and Gholamreza Houshmand

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:108

    Content type: Research article

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  32. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a public health concern with negative consequences on women’s health. It is a harmful practice which is recognized in international discourses on public health as a form of g...

    Authors: Afi A. Agboli, Fabienne Richard and Isabelle Aujoulat

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:107

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  33. Breast cancer (BC) is leading cancer among women in India accounting for 27% of all cancers among women. Factors that make the policymakers and public health system worried are rising incidence of breast cance...

    Authors: Ranjan Kumar Prusty, Shahina Begum, Anushree Patil, D. D. Naik, Sharmila Pimple and Gauravi Mishra

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:106

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  34. This study aims to analyze the effect of the body mass index (BMI) on E2, P and LH values in females who received intrauterine insemination (IUI) treatment on human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) day.

    Authors: Li-Ting Wang, Cheng-Xiang Wang, Hong-Liang Sun, Xue Wang, Xue-Feng Li, Yan-Lin Wang and Qing-Chun Li

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:105

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  36. Agricultural activities as well as exposure to pesticides could have many adverse effects on health status and reproductive outcomes especially in reproductive aged greenhouse workers. The present study aimed ...

    Authors: Tahereh Rahimi, Foozieh Rafati, Hamid Sharifi and Fatemeh Seyedi

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:103

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  37. The World Health Organization recommends postpartum family planning (PPFP) for healthy birth spacing. This study is an evaluation of an intervention that sought to improve women’s access to PPFP in Tanzania. T...

    Authors: Erin Pearson, Leigh Senderowicz, Elina Pradhan, Joel Francis, Projestine Muganyizi, Iqbal Shah, David Canning, Mahesh Karra, Nzovu Ulenga and Till Bärnighausen

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:102

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  38. The postoperative severity of symptoms among women with breast cancer affects their quality of life (QoL). Although it is recommended that performing shoulder-arm exercise 30 min/day can alleviate symptoms and...

    Authors: I-Hui Chen, Chia-Hui Wang, Shu-Yi Wang, Sue-Yueh Cheng, Tzu-Jou Yu and Shu-Fen Kuo

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:101

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  40. Previous studies have demonstrated that appropriate treatment for postoperative pain can lead to improvement in depressive symptoms, however the association between adequate intrapartum pain control and the de...

    Authors: Marcela Almeida, Katherine A. Kosman, Mark C. Kendall and Gildasio S. De Oliveira

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:99

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  41. Nearly half of the women experience violence across their lifespan in all the provinces of Pakistan at an alarming rate. Despite knowing the prevalence, there has been meager progress in developing strategies ...

    Authors: Tazeen Saeed Ali, Rozina Karmaliani, Hussain Maqbool Ahmed Khuwaja, Nasim Zahid Shah, Zahid Hyder Wadani, Saher Aijaz and Asli Kulane

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:98

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  42. Unsafe abortion accounts for nearly 60% of all gynecologic admissions and almost 30% of all obstetric and gynecologic admissions. Studies on abortion in Ethiopia have given less attention to women’s perception...

    Authors: Getasew Mulat Bantie, Amare Alamirew Aynie, Mihret kassa Assefa, Ayele Semachew Kasa, Tigabu Birhan Kassa and Gebiyaw Wudie Tsegaye

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:97

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  43. Madagascar has restrictive abortion laws with no explicit exception to preserve the woman’s life. This study aimed to estimate the incidence of abortion in the country and examine the methods, consequences, an...

    Authors: Rila Ratovoson, Amber Kunkel, Jean Pierre Rakotovao, Dolores Pourette, Chiarella Mattern, Jocelyne Andriamiadana, Aina Harimanana and Patrice Piola

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:96

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  44. Women with vulvar neoplasia often complain about physical and psychological distress after surgical treatment. Lack of information and support can influence resilience. Whether an information-related intervent...

    Authors: Sabine Kofler, Andrea Kobleder, Stefan Ott and Beate Senn

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:95

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  45. Breastfeeding is one of the most important interfering factors in infants’ health. Monitoring mothers’ performance and providing them with the feedback helps to increase their self-efficacy, interest in learni...

    Authors: Fahimeh Sehhatie Shafaei, Mojgan Mirghafourvand and Shiva Havizari

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:94

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  46. The burden of maternal undernutrition and low birth weight (LBW) incurs enormous economic costs due to their adverse consequences. Women’s empowerment is believed to be one of the key factors for attaining mat...

    Authors: Alamgir Kabir, Md Mahbubur Rashid, Kamal Hossain, Arifuzzaman Khan, Shegufta Shefa Sikder and Heather F. Gidding

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:93

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  47. Endometriosis have a negative influence on women’s sexual life. The aim of the current study was to test a conceptual model considering the interrelated role of anxiety, depression, sleep quality, physical act...

    Authors: Samaneh Youseflu, Shahideh Jahanian Sadatmahalleh, Mahnaz Bahri Khomami and Malihe Nasiri

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:92

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  48. HIV-positive women who are still in the reproductive years need adequate sexual and reproductive health information to make informed reproductive health choices. However, many HIV-positive women who interface ...

    Authors: Juliet Nabirye, Joseph K. B. Matovu, John Baptist Bwanika, Fredrick Makumbi and Rhoda K. Wanyenze

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:91

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  50. Extrauterine leiomyomata is an uncommon lesion that can lead to several problems of differential diagnosis, especially when localized in the external genitalia. There are few reports in the English literature ...

    Authors: Gianmarco Taraschi, Diego Aguiar, Jean Christophe Tille, Patrick Petignat and Jasmine Abdulcadir

    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2020 20:89

    Content type: Case report

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