Transient ischaemic attack associated with the new contraceptive Yasmin

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 121-

  Vayá, Amparo ^a   Mira, Yolanda ^a   Ferrando, Fernando ^a   Aznar, Justo ^a   García Fuster, Ma José ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DROSPIRENONE PLUS ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYMPTOM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0842346096     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2003.10.019     Document Type: Letter

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