PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hicks, Caitlin W.
AU  - Rome, Ellen S.
TI  - Menstrual manipulation: Options for suppressing the cycle
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.77a.09128
DP  - 2010 Jul 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 445--453
VI  - 77
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/77/7/445.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/77/7/445.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2010 Jul 01; 77
AB  - Menstrual manipulation, ie, adjusting the menstrual cycle by taking hormonal contraceptives, allows women to have their period less often or to avoid bleeding at inconvenient times. The authors review the various options, the benefits, and the disadvantages of this practice.