A randomized, double-blind, noninferiority study to compare two regimens of levonorgestrel for emergency contraception in Nigeria

Contraception

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-378

  Dada, Olukayode A ^a   Godfrey, Emily M ^b   Piaggio, Gilda ^c   Von Hertzen, Helena ^c  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency contraception; Levonorgestrel; Nigeria; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; PLACEBO; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TENDERNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPOTTING; TREATMENT DURATION; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UNSAFE SEX; VAGINA BLEEDING; VOMITING;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL, SYNTHETIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVONORGESTREL; LOGISTIC MODELS; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956943156     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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