Fertility after discontinuation of treatment with an oral contraceptive containing 30 μg of ethinyl estradiol and 2 mg of dienogest

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1812-1819

  Wiegratz, Inka ^a   Mittmann, Katrin ^b   Dietrich, Horst ^b   Zimmermann, Thomas ^b   Kuhl, Herbert ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

conception rate; dienogest; ethinyl estradiol; fertility regain; Oral contraceptives

Indexed keywords

DIENOGEST PLUS ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GERMANY; HUMANS; NANDROLONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33744535135     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.11.052     Document Type: Article

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