Contraception
Volume 77, Issue 6 , Pages 405-409 , June 2008

Reproductive history, sexual behavior and use of contraception in women with epilepsy

  • Anne R. Davis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA. Tel.: +1 212 305 4951; fax: +1 212 305 6436.
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  • Alison M. Pack

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • ,
  • Jordana Kritzer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • ,
  • Ava Yoon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • ,
  • Adela Camus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA

Received 10 October 2007 ,Revised 31 December 2007 ,Accepted 6 February 2008.

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☆ There was no funding for this study.

PII: S0010-7824(08)00063-2

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.02.002

Contraception
Volume 77, Issue 6 , Pages 405-409 , June 2008

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