Effectiveness and tolerability of levonorgestrel intrauterine system in adolescents

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 489-491

  Aslam, N ^a   Blunt, S ^a   Latthe, P ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; LNG IUS Mirena

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COMPLICATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; FOLLOW UP; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, MEDICATED; LEVONORGESTREL; MENORRHAGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954514565     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2010.484107     Document Type: Article

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