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Reduced red cell filterability with oral contraceptive agents.
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1972Red cell filterability; which is assumed to be a measure of cell deformability if impaired would indicate poor microcirculation. Red cell filterability was measured in 34 women taking various oral contraceptives 36 control women 8 women restudied 2 to 3 ...
F. Oski, B. Lubin, E. Buchert
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The use of estrogens as postcoital contraceptive agents
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1973Sufficient evidence has accrued to indicate that daily administration of 50 mg. of diethylstilbestrol, 30 mg. of conjugated equine estrogens, or 5 mg. of ethinyl estradiol for 5 consecutive days is probably effective in preventing pregnancy if instituted within 72 hours of unprotected midcycle coital exposure.
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Hypertension Secondary to Contraceptive Agents
1982Agents used to prevent conception are generally of five main types: 1) mechanical barriers, e.g. sheaths and cervical diaphragms. 2) intra-uterine devices; these may be inert plastic, or contain a metal such as copper, or be impregnated with a hormone such as progesterone. 3) spermicidal creams, jelly or paste. 4)
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Estrogen-Containing Oral Contraceptive Agents
JAMA, 1976The mechanism whereby estrogen-containing contraceptives facilitate thrombosis is obscure, and published data concerning their effect on antithrombin III are conflicting. Plasma samples were examined for the quantity of antithrombin III and activated factor X (Xa) inhibitory activity among 57 women receiving oral contraceptives and 48 controls.
Stanford Wessler +3 more
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Prospective studies of insulin sensitivity in normal women receiving oral contraceptive agents.
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1988Seven normal premenopausal women were studied before (control) and after 3 and 6 months of oral contraceptive agent (OCA) administration (30 micrograms ethinyl estradiol plus 150 micrograms levonorgestrel).
G. Kasdorf, R. Kalkhoff
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Emerging concepts towards the development of contraceptive agents
1989In the present scenario of an ever-increasing global population the necessity of limiting births can not be denied. It seems that even nature is conscious of this fact since the number of pregnancies which are spontaneously interrupted has been found to be much higher than the number carried to term.
R. Srivastava, Amiya P. Bhaduri
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Oral contraceptive agents and the management of acute intermittent porphyria.
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 1965Among women with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) a small group exists whose clinical symptoms are precipitated by menses or pregnancy. In three such cases studied, the cyclical use of the oral progestational agents was apparently successful in ...
M. Perlroth, H. Marver, D. Tschudy
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The role of oral contraceptive agents in cerebral arterial occlusion
Neurology, 1969An analysis of 60 young adults (ages 15-39 years) who were patients at Duke University Hospital over a 10-year period from 1958-1968 shows no significant differences in the clinical neurologic or arteriographic findings in the women taking oral contraceptives and those not taking them.
Albert Heyman +3 more
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Hormonal and non-hormonal agents at implantation as targets for contraception
Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 1997The processes leading to implantation and the establishment of pregnancy involve hormonal and non-hormonal agents that offer opportunities as targets for contraception. Hormonal agents include progesterone, luteolytic factors (prostaglandin F2α ) and embryonic signals (chorionic gonadotrophin, oestradiol-17β, interferon-τ ) responsible for maintaining
Anna R. Butt +3 more
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Psychosis Associated with the Use of Oral Contraceptive Agents
Southern Medical Journal, 19692 cases of psychosis in close temporal association with use of combined oral contraceptives are reported. A 40 year old housewife suffered depression insomnia crying spells tenseness 30-pound weight gain and feelings of guilt paranoia and worthlessness for 18 months while taking Norlestrin (norethindrone acetate and ethinyl estradiol combined).
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