Effect of oral contraceptives and intrauterine devices on midcycle myometrial contractions

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1224-1227

  Maslow, Kenny D ^a   Lyons, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intrauterine devices; Myometrial contractions; Oral contraceptives; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0242409706     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)01174-9     Document Type: Article

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