Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 61-65 , April 2007

Preventing Repeat Teen Pregnancy: Postpartum Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate, Oral Contraceptive Pills, or the Patch?

  • Andrea Ries Thurman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Andrea Ries Thurman, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, Mail Code 7836, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
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  • Natalie Hammond, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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  • Helen E. Brown, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
    • ,
  • Mary Ellen Roddy, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

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 The interim data were presented as an oral presentation at the North American Society for Pediatric and Gynecology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 19 May 06.

PII: S1083-3188(06)00339-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2006.11.006

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 61-65 , April 2007

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