Trying to conceive and being pregnant is an emotional period for those involved. In the
majority of patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease, maintenance therapy is …

Thrombophilia is considered as a condition predisposing to the development of thrombosis.
Arterial thrombosis usually occurs after the erosion or rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque …

Objectives To evaluate the risk of venous thromboembolic events associated with the use of
progestin-only contraception and whether that risk differs with the mode of drug delivery …

Estrogen and progestins have been used by millions of women as effective combined oral
contraceptives. Oral contraceptives (OCs) modify surrogate markers such as lipoproteins …

Venous thromboembolism is an episodic disease with an annual incidence of 2 to 3/1000
per year that is associated with a high morbidity and mortality. Risk factors for venous …

Ensuring quality has become a daily requirement in laboratories. In haemostasis, even more
than in other disciplines of biology, quality is determined by a pre-analytical step that …

The use of oral contraceptives (OC) is a well established risk factor for venous thrombosis. It
has been known for many years that almost all haemostatic parameters ie plasma levels of …

The synthetic progestins used for contraception so far are structurally related either to
testosterone (estranes and gonanes) or to progesterone (pregnanes and 19-norpregnanes) …

Estrogen and progestins have been used by millions of women as effective combined
contraceptives. The safety of hormonal contraceptives has been documented by years of …

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) typically affect patients in their reproductive years. It has
been shown that reproductive issues are of key concern to IBD patients, 1 especially …