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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The effect of steroidal contraceptives on the reproductive system.

AUTHORS

Moghissi KS

SOURCE

In: Hafez, E.S.E. and Evans, T.N., eds. Human reproduction: conception and

contraception. New York, Harper and Row, 1973. p. 559-587

ABSTRACT

The effects of steroidal contraceptives on the reproductive system are discussed. Sites of action are the cervix, the

endometrium, the oviduct, the pituitary, and the hypothalamus. Oviductal motility and secretion, sperm and egg

transport, endometrial morphology, follicular growth and ovulation, implantation, sperm capacitation, myometrial

activity, cervical epithelium, mucus and erosion, and vaginal cytology and milieu are some additional sites of

effects. Also mentioned are the vulva and the mammary gland. Different effects result when estrogen, progestagen,

combination, or sequential contraceptives are employed, also whether high or low dosages are administered. Long-

term administration effects have not differed much from those of short-term usage and fertility appears to remain

unimpaired. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 589-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The effect of steroidal contraceptives on the reproductive

system.", is(are) Moghissi KS. The source of this article is "In: Hafez, E.S.E. and Evans, T.N., eds. Human

reproduction: conception and contraception. New York, Harper and Row, 1973. p. 559-587". This article was

published in 1973 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 589-06. All rights reserved with

PubHealth.info) PIN: 35589

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