The effect of the levonorgestrel intrauterine system on uterine artery blood flow 1 year after insertion

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 316-319

  Haberal, A ^a   Kayikcioglu, F ^a,b   Gunes, M ^a   Kaplan, M ^a   Ozdegirmenci, O ^a  

^a Etlik Maternity and Women's Health Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Doppler; Levonorgestrel intrauterine system; Menorrhagia; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, MEDICATED; LEVONORGESTREL; MENORRHAGIA; PULSATILE FLOW; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33646692499     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2664     Document Type: Article

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