Oral Contraceptives and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction
Letter 2001 English
Authors
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Bea C. Tanis
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Maurice A. A. J. van den Bosch
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Jeanet M. Kemmeren
Abstract
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An association between the use of oral contraceptives and the risk of myocardial infarction has been found in some, but not all, studies. We investigated this association, according to the type of progestagen included in third-generation (i.e., desogestrel or gestodene) and second-generation (i.e., levonorgestrel) oral contraceptives, the dose of estrogen, and the presence or absence of prothrombotic mutations.
Jeanet M. Kemmeren, Bea C. Tanis, Maurice A. A. J. van den Bosch, Edward Bollen, Frans M. Helmerhorst, Yolanda van der Graaf, Frits R. Rosendaal, Ale Algra
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