The promiscuity pill principle (P-P-P)
Livingston, G.A.; Joel, R.V.
Acta Cytologica 20(1): 4
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5547 PMID: 1063520 Document Number: 427949
An unusually high increase in the incidence of suspicious Papanicolaou smears among women 15-22 years old is reported. Cervical tissue from these patients has shown a different form of atypia than usually encountered. Both dyskaryosis and karyomegaly have been observed. Follow-up study revealed that the majority of the patients were sexually promiscuous and/or using birth control pills. However, whether these factors are causally involved in this 8-fold increase in the incidence of suspicious smears has yet to be determined.