No relationship between the IUD position evaluated by ultrasound and complaints of bleeding and pain

Contraception

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-47

  Faúndes, Daniel ^a,b,e   Bahamondes, Luis ^a,d   Faúndes, Anibal ^a,b   Petta, Carlos ^a,b   Díaz, Juan ^a,c   Marchi, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Center for Mother and Child Research of Campinas   (Brazil)

^c Population Council   (Brazil)

^d Prog Interrational Train in Hlth   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intrauterine device; Position; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MEASUREMENT; MYOMETRIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, COPPER; PAIN; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERUS;

EID: 0343907766     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(97)00072-3     Document Type: Article

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