Tailoring oral contraceptive pills to meet the needs of women
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Tailoring oral contraceptive pills to meet the needs of women.
To cite: Percy L, Mansour D. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2013;39:237–240. BACKGROUND The combined oral contractive pill (COC) has been available for over 50 years but are we providing women with the regimens they want? As far back as 1977, Louden et al. reported the use of 84 active pills with a 7-day break to free women from monthly periods, yet menstrual manipulation is underused today. So...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1471-1893,2045-2098
DOI: 10.1136/jfprhc-2012-100302