Feasibility study of Nestorone®-ethinylestradiol vaginal contraceptive ring for emergency contraception

Contraception

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-52

  Croxatto, Horatio B ^a   Brache, Vivian ^b   Massai, Rebecca ^a   Alvarez, Francisco ^b   Forcelledo, M L ^a   Pavez, Margarita ^a   Cochon, Leila ^b   Salvatierra, Ana Maria ^a   Faundes, Aníbal ^b  

^a Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva   (Chile)

^b PROFAMILIA   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

Emergency contraception; Ethinylestradiol; Nestorone ; Ovulatory dysfunction; Vaginal ring

Indexed keywords

ELCOMETRINE; ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MENSTRUATION; NAUSEA; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVULATION; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOMNOLENCE; TIME; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA RING; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; ESTRADIOL; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORPROGESTERONES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 29144457556     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.06.071     Document Type: Article

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