Multicenter comparison of the contraceptive ring and patch: A randomized controlled trial

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-277

  Creinin, Mitchell D ^a   Meyn, Leslie A ^a   Borgatta, Lynn ^a   Barnhart, Kurt ^a   Jensen, Jeff ^a   Burke, Anne E ^a   Westhoff, Carolyn ^a   Gilliam, Melissa ^a   Dutton, Caryn ^a   Ballagh, Susan A ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; FEMALE; FEMALE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; DYSMENORRHEA; HEADACHE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTALGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD CHANGE; NAUSEA; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 40749083637     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000298338.58511.d1     Document Type: Article

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