Don't forget the other benefits of the levonorgestrel IUS

Contemporary Ob/Gyn

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-54

  Jensen, Jeffrey T ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Berlex ^*  (United States)

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