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[Significance of hereditary thrombophilia for risk of thrombosis with oral contraceptives].
Zentralblatt fur Gynakologie - 1 Jan 1996
Bauersachs R, Lindhoff-Last E, Ehrly A M, Kuhl H
Abstract excerpt
Oral contraceptives increase the natural incidence of venous thromboses of 1-2/10,000 women per year 3-to 4fold. Recent investigations have shown that during intake of desogestrel or gestodene containing formulations the risk is twice that with older low-dose ovulation inhibitors. This difference is larger in first time users than in women who had previously used an oral contraceptive. During pregnancy, the...
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