Problems of the effect of peroral contraceptives on intravascular coagulation
Krislo, V.; Mach, M.; Labuda, V.; Falckráb, E.; Bahorecz, T.; Beláková, L.
Ceskoslovenska Gynekologie 47(9): 646-649
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0374-6852 PMID: 7151192 Document Number: 186272
Administration of oral contraceptives (OCs) is followed by the development of pathological changes in the vascular wall and in coagulation. 77 women who had used OCs were examined by the Ethanol gelification test (EGT) to reveal eventual marks of pathological intravascular coagulation. The authors found a positive correlation in 8 cases (10.4%). In a control group of 64 female blood doners who did not use OCs, no woman had a positive EGT test. In the group with a positive EGT, pain occurred in the calves more frequently and 2 women had thrombophlebitis. (author's modified)