Contraception
Volume 76, Issue 6 , Pages 439-443 , December 2007

Vaginal yeast adherence to the combined contraceptive vaginal ring (CCVR)

  • Daiane Pereira Camacho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Analysis, Division of Medical Mycology, Teaching and Research in Clinical Analysis Laboratory, State University of Maringá, 87020-900 Paraná, Brazil
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  • Márcia E.L. Consolaro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Analysis, Division of Clinical Cytology, Teaching and Research in Clinical Analysis Laboratory, State University of Maringá, 87020-900 Paraná, Brazil
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  • Eliana Valéria Patussi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Analysis, Division of Medical Mycology, Teaching and Research in Clinical Analysis Laboratory, State University of Maringá, 87020-900 Paraná, Brazil
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  • Lucélia Donatti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cellular Biology, Federal University of Paraná, 81531-900 Curitiba, Brazil
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  • André Gasparetto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dentistry, State University of Maringá, 87020-900 Paraná, Brazil
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  • Terezinha I.E. Svidzinski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Analysis, Division of Medical Mycology, Teaching and Research in Clinical Analysis Laboratory, State University of Maringá, 87020-900 Paraná, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departamento de Análises Clínicas — DAC, Laboratório de Ensino e Pesquisa em Análises Clínicas — LEPAC, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Avenida Colombo, 5790, Bloco J90, sala 11, Maringá, Paraná, CEP: 87020-900, Brazil. Tel.: +55 44 3261 4809; fax: +55 3261 4860.

Received 5 February 2007 ,Revised 4 June 2007 ,Accepted 13 July 2007.

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☆ This study was supported by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (No. 474542/2003-3).

PII: S0010-7824(07)00377-0

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2007.07.012

Contraception
Volume 76, Issue 6 , Pages 439-443 , December 2007

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