A questionnaire-based study on contraceptive practice in patients with rheumatic disease found no significant difference in age-matched healthy controls.
Andrea PlumaMihaela C MicuAntonio JuliàSara Marsal-BarrilFrauke FörgerMonika Elisabeth OstensenPublished in: Rheumatology international (2020)
Patients used contraception less frequently than healthy individuals, and the main reason for use was to limit family size. Contraception should be an integral part of counseling patients of fertile age, since the patient-preferred methods in case of active disease or therapy with teratogenic drugs were unreliable for the prevention of pregnancy.
Keyphrases
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- newly diagnosed
- rheumatoid arthritis
- healthcare
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- peritoneal dialysis
- stem cells
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- case report
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- preterm birth
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- human immunodeficiency virus
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