Benefits and risks of third-generation oral contraceptives
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Third generation oral contraceptives (OC), containing the progestins desogestrel and gestodene, were introduced in the 1980s in a attempt to lower the risk of cardiovascular side effects. However, the observation that desogestrel and gestodene in combined OC were related to a 50 to 100% greater risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) suggested that the issue is more complex than originally thought...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General Internal Medicine
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0884-8734,1525-1497
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.08108.x