Risks of third-generation oral contraceptives
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Third generation oral contraceptives and vascular risks.
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: Human Reproduction
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0268-1161,1460-2350
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019165