Occurrence of menses or pregnancy after cessation of a continuous oral contraceptive

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1059-1063

  Davis, Anne R ^a   Kroll, Robin ^b   Soltes, Barbara ^c   Zhang, Nan ^d   Grubb, Gary S ^d   Constantine, Ginger D ^d  

^a GYN ^*  (United States)

^b Women's Clinical Research Center   (United States)

^c Center for Community Research   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

continuous; low dose; oral contraceptive; placebo free; Return to menses

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS LEVONORGESTREL;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LEVONORGESTREL; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43449134089     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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