Vaginal bleeding following the use of a single dose of 1.5mg levonorgestrel (LNG) for emergency contraception

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-193

  Arowojolu, A O ^b   Okewole, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Emergency contraception; Levonorgestrel; Menstrual changes; Vaginal bleeding

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; BREAST TENDERNESS; CONCEPTION; DIZZINESS; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NAUSEA; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPOTTING; UTERINE BLEEDING PATTERN; VAGINA BLEEDING; VOMITING;

EID: 8844222684     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wajm.v23i3.28118     Document Type: Article

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