False risk attribution results in misleading assessment of the relationship between suppression of ovulation and the effectiveness of the Yuzpe regimen for emergency contraception

Contraception

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 333-335

  Mikolajczyk, Rafael T ^a   Stanford, Joseph B ^b   Croxatto, Horacio B ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLACEBO;

CONTRACEPTION; EMERGENCY; ENDOMETRIUM; EVALUATION; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LETTER; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION INHIBITION; PREGNANCY RATE; RISK; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

EID: 0037383250     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(02)00479-1     Document Type: Letter

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