Contraception
Volume 79, Issue 1 , Pages 29-34 , January 2009

Implanon® versus medroxyprogesterone acetate: effects on pain scores in patients with symptomatic endometriosis — a pilot study

  • Katharina Walch

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna A-1090, Austria
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  • Gertrud Unfried

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna A-1090, Austria
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  • Johannes Huber

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna A-1090, Austria
    • ,
  • Christine Kurz

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna A-1090, Austria
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  • Michael van Trotsenburg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Free University Amsterdam (VUmc), NL-1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Elisabeth Pernicka

      Affiliations

    • Section of Medical Statistics, Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna A-1090, Austria
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  • René Wenzl

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna A-1090, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 1 40400 2816; fax: +43 1 40400 2817.

Received 7 April 2008 ,Revised 31 July 2008 ,Accepted 31 July 2008.

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☆ This study received an educational grant from N.V. Organon (Oss, The Netherlands). No further support was received or accepted.

PII: S0010-7824(08)00399-5

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.07.017

Contraception
Volume 79, Issue 1 , Pages 29-34 , January 2009

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