A randomized trial of mifepristone (10 mg) and levonorgestrel for emergency contraception

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1307-1313

  Hamoda, H ^a   Ashok, P W ^b   Stalder, G ^b   Flett, G M M ^b   Kennedy, E ^b   Templeton, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; MIFEPRISTONE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST TENDERNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LETHARGY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MATERNAL AGE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NAUSEA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL, SYNTHETIC; HUMANS; LEVONORGESTREL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIFEPRISTONE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 16244396104     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000146286.60138.47     Document Type: Article

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