Contraception
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 19-24 , January 2003

Oral contraceptives: a risk factor for uncontrolled blood pressure among hypertensive women

  • Jaqueline Neves Lubianca

      Affiliations

    • Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas—Clínica Médica, 2° andar—Faculde de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2400, CEP 90035-003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    • Serviço de Cardiologia do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Sala 2061, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2350, CEP 90035-003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55-51-3330-1674; fax: +55-51-3346-3831.
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  • Carlo Sasso Faccin

      Affiliations

    • Serviço de Cardiologia do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Sala 2061, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2350, CEP 90035-003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    • ,
  • F.lávio Danni Fuchs

      Affiliations

    • Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas—Clínica Médica, 2° andar—Faculde de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2400, CEP 90035-003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    • Serviço de Cardiologia do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Sala 2061, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2350, CEP 90035-003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Received 8 May 2002 ,Revised 9 September 2002 ,Accepted 9 September 2002.

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Contraception
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