Family history of venous thromboembolism is a risk factor for venous thromboembolism in combined oral contraceptive users: a nationwide case-control study.

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The aim was to assess the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) associated with use of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) in women with a family history of VTE.

• Author: Bengt Zöller; Henrik Ohlsson; Jan Sundquist; Kristina Sundquist
• Department/s: Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology; Centre for Economic Demography; Family Medicine, Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Lifestyle; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publishing year: 2015
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: Thrombosis Journal
• Volume: 13
• Full text: - 442 kB; Download statistics
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26500457?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12959-015-0065-x
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: BioMed Central (BMC)
• Topic: Family Medicine
• Status: Published
• Research group: Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology; Family Medicine, Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Lifestyle
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1477-9560