Effects of a copper-medicated intrauterine device on ovarian artery, uterine artery, and intrauterine blood flow

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 253-256

  Shen, O ^a   Ben Chetrit, A ^b   Margalioth, E J ^b   Lavie, O ^b   Rabinowitz, R R ^b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Doppler; Intrauterine device; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

COPPER INTRAUTERINE DEVICE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, COPPER; OVARY; RADIAL ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERUS;

EID: 48049114406     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000148656     Document Type: Article

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