Forgotten intrauterine devices presenting with pre- and postmenopausal bleeding: A case series

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-57

  Sujatha, Vellanki Venkata ^a  

^a Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CONTRACEPTION; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LOOSE FECES; MENOPAUSE RELATED DISORDER; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PALLOR; PELVIC EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE BLEEDING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; VOMITING;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, COPPER; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERUS;

EID: 84857018714     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2011.110241     Document Type: Article

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