Single dose levonorgestrel and two regimens of centchroman for emergency contraception

Journal of the Turkish German Gynecology Association

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 132-137

  Mittal, Suneeta ^a   Sehgal, Rohini ^a,b   Jindal, V I ^a   Sikka, Pooja ^a   Kandpal, Shobha ^a   Maiti, Leema ^a   Kumar, Arun ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Centchroman; Emergency contraception; Levonorgestrel; Pregnancy rates

Indexed keywords

CENTCHROMAN; LEVONORGESTREL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TENDERNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MENSTRUATION; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UNSAFE SEX; WEAKNESS;

EID: 58049083829     PISSN: 13090399     EISSN: 13090380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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