Contraceptive effectiveness of levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-142

  Kapur, Anupam ^a   Kumar, S ^a,b  

^a INHS Asvini ^*  (India)

^b Southern Naval Command   (India)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Contraception; Copper T 380; Levonorgestrel intrauterine system; Menorrhagia

Indexed keywords

COPPER INTRAUTERINE DEVICE; LEVONORGESTREL; MEFENAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DYSMENORRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LEVONORGESTREL RELEASING INTRAUTERINE SYSTEM; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; PAIN; PARITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 44949150215     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(08)80058-5     Document Type: Article

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