Intrauterine polyps - A cause of unscheduled bleeding in women using the levonorgestrel intrauterine system

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 650-652

  Brechin, S T ^a,c   Cameron, A M ^a   Paterson, A R ^b   Williams, H O D ^b   Critchley, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hysteroscopy; Intrauterine polyps; Levonorgestrel; Saline infusion sonography

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CONTRACEPTION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MENORRHAGIA; POLYP; POLYPECTOMY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 0034054465     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.3.650     Document Type: Article

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