Changes in menstrual and haematological indices among norplant® acceptors

Contraception

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 283-286

  Aisien, A O ^a   Sagay, A S ^a   Imade, G E ^a   Ujah, I A O ^a   Nnana, O U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Haematological indices; Menstrual; Norplant(R) acceptors

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOLOGY; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, PROGESTIN; CONTRACEPTIVE IMPLANTS; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY PLANNING; HEMATOLOGICAL EFFECTS--WOMEN; HEMIC SYSTEM; LEVONORGESTREL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NIGERIA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; STUDIES; WESTERN AFRICA; WOMEN;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEVONORGESTREL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENSTRUATION; PLATELET COUNT; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0033934983     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(00)00105-0     Document Type: Article

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