Laevonorgestrel intra-uterine system - A revolutionary intra-uterine device

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 380-385

  Gupta, H P ^a   Singh, Urmila ^a   Mehrotra, Seema Sinha Nee ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Contraception; Laevonorgestrel intra uterine system; Menorrhagia

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL; FLURBIPROFEN; LEVONORGESTREL; TRANEXAMIC ACID; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACNE; ADENOMYOSIS; BREAST TENDERNESS; CONTRACEPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INHIBITION; DYSMENORRHEA; EDEMA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FERTILITY; HEADACHE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MENORRHAGIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; LEVONORGESTREL; MENORRHAGIA;

EID: 38749101023     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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