Use of the Levonorgestrel-IUS in the treatment of menorrhagia: Assessment of quality of life in Turkish users

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 279, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 835-840

  Gorgen, Husnu ^a,b   Api, Murat ^a   Akça, Aysu ^a   Cetin, Ahmet ^a  

^a HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system (LNG IUS); Menorrhagia; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TENDERNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DYSPARONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEALTH; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIBIDO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; NERVOUSNESS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POPULATION; PREMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SPOTTING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, MEDICATED; LEVONORGESTREL; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; TURKEY;

EID: 67349100147     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-008-0834-x     Document Type: Article

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