Sonographic and doppler flow characteristics of levonorgestrel and copper-releasing intrauterine devices

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Zalel, Yaron ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER INTRAUTERINE DEVICE; LEVONORGESTREL;

ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; OVARY CYST; OVULATION INHIBITION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 25144519127     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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