New low-dose, extended-cycle pills with levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol: an evolutionary step in birth control
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New low-dose, extended-cycle pills with levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol: an evolutionary step in birth control
AIM To review milestones in development of oral contraceptive pills since their introduction in the US 50 years ago in order to better understand how a new formulation with low-dose estrogen in an extended-cycle pattern fits into the evolution of birth control pills. METHODS This is a review of trends in the development of various birth controls pills and includes data from phase III clinical...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Women's Health
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1179-1411
DOI: 10.2147/ijwh.s4886