Acceptability of the levonorgestrel intrauterine system in the long-term treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding: How many women choose to use a second device?

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-70

  Lete, Iñaki ^a   Del Carme Cuesta, María ^a   Marín, Juan M ^a   Martínez, Miguel ^a   Bermejo, Asunción ^a   Arina, Roberto ^a  

^a HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contraceptive agents female therapeutic use; Intrauterine devices medicated; Levonorgestre therapeutic use; Menorrhagia drug therapy

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPOTTING; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 79951509058     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2010.07.040     Document Type: Article

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