Cerebral venous thrombosis associated with repeated use of emergency contraception [3]

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Horga, A ^a   Santamarina, E ^a   Quilez, A ^a   De Francisco, J ^a   Garcia Martinez, R ^a   Alvarez Sabin, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral venous thrombosis; Emergency contraception; Factor VIII; Oral contraception

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HEPARIN; LEVONORGESTREL;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; CASE REPORT; COITUS; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MEDICATION; SIGMOID; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSAFE SEX;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; LEVONORGESTREL; MIDDLE AGED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33947579720     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01646.x     Document Type: Letter

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