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Original Research Article

Treatment continuation and satisfaction in women using combined oral contraception with nomegestrol acetate and oestradiol: a multicentre, prospective cohort study (BOLERO)

Angelo CagnacciClinica Ginecologica e Ostetrica, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Udine, Italy; Correspondence[email protected]
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Carlo BastianelliDipartimento di Scienze Ostetriche e Ginecologiche e Scienze Urologiche, La Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy; View further author information
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Manuela NeriClinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Cagliari, Policlinico Universitario Duilio Casula, Monserrato, Italy; View further author information
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Antonio CianciDipartimento Chirurgia Generale e Specialità Medico Chirurgiche, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele, Catania, Italy; View further author information
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Chiara BenedettoDipartimeto di Scienze Chirurgiche, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; View further author information
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Luana CalanniClinica Ostetrica e Ginecologia, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy; View further author information
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Michele VignaliDipartimento di Scienze Biomedicine per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; View further author information
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Vincenzo De LeoDipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e dello Sviluppo, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy; View further author information
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Ettore Cicinelli2° Unità Operativa di Ginecologia ed Ostetricia, Dipartimento di Medicina e Oncologia (DIMO), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari, Bari, Italy; View further author information
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Giuseppe BorrelliTeva Italia Srl, Assago, Italy; View further author information
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Annibale VolpeFacoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Materno-Infantili e dell’Adulto, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, ItalyView further author information
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Pages 393-399 | Received 20 Jul 2018, Accepted 23 Oct 2018, Published online: 22 Nov 2018

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