Effectiveness and safety of levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system in treatment of menorrhagia secondary to oral anticoagulations and chronic liver disease

Rawal Medical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-190

  Choudry, Abeera ^a   Malik, Ayesha ^a   Choudry, Humaira ^a   Bangish, Naila ^a   Hayat, Naheed ^a  

^a Malir National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bleeding disorders; CLD; LNG IUS; Menorrahagia

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; HEMOGLOBIN; LEVONORGESTREL; MEFENAMIC ACID; NORETHISTERONE; TRANEXAMIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BERNARD SOULIER DISEASE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7 DEFICIENCY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MENORRHAGIA; MIGRAINE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SPOTTING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

EID: 77954287516     PISSN: 03035212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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