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Benefits and Risks of Hormonal Contraception

Has the Attitude Changed?

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  1. A. A. Haspels

    1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  2. R. Rolland

    1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Sint Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  4. Metabolism and the Hemostatic System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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  5. Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian Axis and the Endometrium

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    3. Sensitivity changes of the pituitary during administration of a triphasic oral contraceptive

      • H.-D. Taubert, H. Fischer, J. S. E. Dericks-Tan
      Pages 143-155

    4. Influence of hormonal contraception on the maturation process of the hypothalamo-pituitary- ovarian axis

      • R. H. Wyss, I. Rey-Stocker, M.-M. Zufferey, M.-T. Lemarchand
      Pages 156-167

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 170-192
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About this book

A. A. Haspe/s It is with pleasure that I welcome you, on behalf of Professor Rolland and myself, to Amsterdam for this International Symposium on 'Benefits and Risks of Hormonal Contraception'. As a means offamily planning the pill is about 25 years old - a timespan which has been characterized by an enormous increase in public interest and concern with family health and family-planning. Undoubtedly we have learned a lot over the last 25 years. As you see in Figure 1, in the seventies in Holland relatively more fertile women used the pill than in any other country in the world. In 1974 new combination pills were introduced containing less than 50 JAg of ethinyl estradiol. In 1981 50 % of Dutch pill­ users took a sub-50 (Figure 2). The same is true for the Scandi­ navian countries. In our own University Clinic 95 % of pill-users take a sub-50 pill; only 5 % use a 50 JAg pill on medical indication. This decrease in estrogen dosage, which is usually accompanied by a decrease of progestational component as well, has resulted in a decrease of thromboembolic disease. Factors that are still important to consider are diabetes mellitus, hypertension, adipositas and smoking. Good selection of patients together with the prescribing where possible of sub-50 pills may result in the numbers of compli­ cations and side-effects being close to those encountered in the control group.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands

    A. A. Haspels

  • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Sint Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    R. Rolland

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Benefits and Risks of Hormonal Contraception

  • Book Subtitle: Has the Attitude Changed?

  • Editors: A. A. Haspels, R. Rolland

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6675-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: MTP Press Limited 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-6677-5Published: 14 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-6675-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 192

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Gynecology

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