Long Acting Contraceptives

@article{Benagiano1983LongAC,  title={Long Acting Contraceptives},  author={Giuseppe Benagiano and Francesco M Primiero},  journal={Drugs},  year={1983},  volume={25},  pages={570-609},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:45898359}}
Monthly injectable oestrogen-progestagen combinations have been tested to a more limited extent and these agents are available only in a very few countries and their main advantage over progestagen-only preparations is that they allow a reasonable menstrual bleeding pattern in the majority of cases.
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