Two-year clinical experience with Nova-T 380, a novel copper-silver IUD

Advances in Contraception

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-48

  Batar I ^a   Kuukankorpi, A ^b   Rauramo, I ^c   Siljander, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b Tampere Health Center   (Finland)

^c Oy Leiras Finland Ab   (Finland)

^d Oulu Health Center   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER INTRAUTERINE DEVICE; SILVER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRACEPTION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PREGNANCY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, COPPER; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SILVER;

EID: 0032812367     PISSN: 02674874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006631511642     Document Type: Article

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