Risk of idiopathic venous thromboembolism in users of progestagens alone

Authors
Vasilakis, C Jick, H Melero-Montes, MD
Citation
C. Vasilakis et al., Risk of idiopathic venous thromboembolism in users of progestagens alone, LANCET, 354(9190), 1999, pp. 1610-1611
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
354
Issue
9190
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1610 - 1611
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(19991106)354:9190<1610:ROIVTI>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Data from the WHO Collaborative Study suggest that use of progestagen prepa rations with therapeutic indications are associated with a significantly in creased risk of venous thromboembolism but not stroke or myocardial infarct ion.