Effectiveness of levonorgestrel emergency contraception given before or after ovulation - a pilot study

Contraception

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-118

  Novikova, Natalia ^a   Weisberg, Edith ^a,b   Stanczyk, Frank Z ^c   Croxatto, Horacio B ^d   Fraser, Ian S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Sydney Centre for Reproductive Health Research   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva   (Chile)

Author keywords

Emergency contraception; Ovulation; Pregnancies; Timing of emergency contraception; Timing of intercourse

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEVONORGESTREL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILE PERIOD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SELF REPORT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNSAFE SEX;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVONORGESTREL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 33846388885     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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