The efficacy of levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device in selected cases of myoma-related menorrhagia: A prospective controlled trial

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-35

  Soysal, Seyide ^a   Soysal, Mehmet E ^a,b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PK 7 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intrauterine device; Levonorgestrel; Menorrhagia; Myoma

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, MEDICATED; LEIOMYOMA; LEVONORGESTREL; MENORRHAGIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11444265410     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080932     Document Type: Article

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