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The effect of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system on the resistance to activated protein C (APC).
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Apr 2009
van Vliet Huib A A M, Tchaikovski Svetlana N, Rosendaal Frits R, Rosing Jan, Helmerhorst Frans M
Abstract excerpt
Exogenously administered estrogens and progestogens as during combined oral contraceptive use increase the risk of venous thrombosis. The thrombin generation-based APC resistance assay is a global coagulation test that enables quantification of the net prothrombotic effect of combined oral contraceptives and that predicts the risk of thrombosis. The thrombotic risk of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine...
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