Pregnancy outcome after levonorgestrel-only emergency contraception failure: A prospective cohort study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1605-1611

  Zhang, Lin ^a   Chen, Junling ^a,b   Wang, Yasun ^a   Ren, Fangming ^a,b   Yu, Wen ^a   Cheng, Linan ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shanghai Institute of Family Planning Technical Instruction   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Emergency contraception; Levonorgestrel; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TERATOGENICITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL DISORDER; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVONORGESTREL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 69149109854     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep076     Document Type: Article

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