Ultrasound characteristics of subdermally implanted Implanon(TM) contraceptive rods

Contraception

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 323-327

  Lantz, Athena ^a   Nosher, John L ^a   Pasquale, Samuel ^a   Siegel, Randall L ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Implanon(TM) contraceptive rods; Posterior acoustic shadowing localization; Subdermally implanted contraceptive device; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ETONOGESTREL;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG IMPLANT; FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

AMERICAS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, PROGESTIN; CONTRACEPTIVE IMPLANTS; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DESOGESTREL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; ULTRASONICS; UNITED STATES;

ARM; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031438020     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(97)00159-5     Document Type: Article

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