Safety and efficacy of a single-rod etonogestrel implant (Implanon): results from 11 international clinical trials

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1646-1653

  Darney, Philip ^a   Patel, Ashlesha ^b   Rosen, Kimberly ^c   Shapiro, Lena S ^c   Kaunitz, Andrew M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c Organon USA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraceptive implant; desogestrel; etonogestrel; levonorgestrel; menstruation

Indexed keywords

ETONOGESTREL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BLEEDING; BREAST TENDERNESS; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRACEPTION; CUMULATIVE PEARL INDEX; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEPRESSION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLANT; INCIDENCE; LEUKORRHEA; LIVER DISEASE; MASTALGIA; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVOUSNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED STATES; VAGINITIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DESOGESTREL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 67349127328     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.140     Document Type: Article

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