Oral contraceptive tolerance: Does the type of pill matter?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1277-1285

  Moreau, Caroline ^a   Trussell, James ^b   Gilbert, Fabien ^b   Bajos, Nathalie ^b   Bouyer, Jean ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIANE; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; LUTHENYL; LUTHERAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERANCE; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG SWELLING; MASTALGIA; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDEMA; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGESTINS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34249914508     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000260956.61835.6d     Document Type: Article

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