Commentary - A historical note on the development of the frameless IUD

Contraception

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-173

  Wildemeersch, Dirk ^a   Andrade, Amaury ^b  

^a Outpatient Gynaecological Clinic and IUD Training Center   (Belgium)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER INTRAUTERINE DEVICE;

FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LETTER; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PRIMIPARA; SAFETY; UTERUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, COPPER;

EID: 73249146620     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.10.003     Document Type: Letter

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