Medical treatment of a grossly enlarged adenomyotic uterus with the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system

Contraception

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-175

  Fong, Yoke Fai ^a   Singh, Kuldip ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Dysmenorrhea; LNG IUS; Menorrhagia

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; MEFENAMIC ACID;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; INTRAUTERINE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENORRHAGIA; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 0032786728     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(99)00075-X     Document Type: Article

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