Emergency contraception

Reviews in Gynaecological Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-102

  Ho, P C ^a   Tang, O S ^a   Ng, E H Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Emergency contraception; Levonorgestrel; Mifepristone; Postcoital contraception

Indexed keywords

ANTIGESTAGEN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; COPPER INTRAUTERINE DEVICE; DANAZOL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; LEVONORGESTREL; MIFEPRISTONE; NORGESTREL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

AWARENESS; BLEEDING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PAIN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVIEW; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SIDE EFFECT; TABLET FORMULATION; VOMITING;

EID: 5644293051     PISSN: 14717697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-7697(03)00044-3     Document Type: Review

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