A randomized clinical trial of two emergency contraceptive pill regimens in a Ugandan population

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 670-676

  Byamugisha, Josaphat K ^a,b   Mirembe, Florence M ^a   Faxelid, Elisabeth ^b   Tumwesigye, Nazarius M ^a   Gemzell Danielsson, Kristina ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emergency contraceptive pills; Levonorgestrel; Ugandan

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORGESTREL; LEVONORGESTREL; LOFEMENAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UGANDA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL, HORMONAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEVONORGESTREL; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951875894     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016341003611220     Document Type: Article

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