Pulmonary embolism in a healthy woman using the oral contraceptives containing desogestrel
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Pulmonary embolism in a healthy woman using the oral contraceptives containing desogestrel
Venous thromboembolism is well known as one of the rare but serious adverse effects of combined oral contraceptives (COCs). The COCs with third and fourth generation progestogens were found to have higher risk of venous thrombosis than those with second generation progestogens. We present a case of pulmonary embolism in a 23-year-old nulligravid woman who was using COCs containing the third gen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Obstetrics & Gynecology Science
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2287-8572,2287-8580
DOI: 10.5468/ogs.2017.60.2.232