Abdominal apoplexy associated with the levonorgestrel intrauterine system - Case report

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 429-431

  Tjalma, W A A ^a,b  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abdominal apoplexy; Apoplexy; Bleeding; Haemorrhage; Idiopathic; Intraabdominal; Intraperitoneal haemorrhage; Levonorgestrel intrauterine system; Shock

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; NAUSEA; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, MEDICATED; LEVONORGESTREL; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 33748763329     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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