Emergency contraception: Mostly successes, but still some threats
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Emergency contraception: mostly successes, but still some threats.
1998,1 it was clear that progestogen-only emergency contraception (POEC) causes less nausea-related side effects than the Yuzpe regimen. The study also showed a reduction in effectiveness of both treatments with time. Although the effectiveness of the Yuzpe regimen was lower than in other studies, which caused some debate, it was clear that POEC was no less effective. POEC has gradually become ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1471-1893
DOI: 10.1783/147118901101195588