Postmenopausal bleeding secondary to a dalkon shield retained for 33 years: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 216-218

  Sozen, Ibrahim ^a,b   Morgan, Kelly ^a   Shannon, John S ^a  

^a Penobscot Valley Hospital   (United States)

^b Northern Maine Obstet and Gynecol   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Dalkon shield; Hysteroscopy; Intrauterine devices; Postmenopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 15344350830     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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