Use of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system in renal transplant recipients: A retrospective case review

Contraception

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 288-289

  Ramhendar, Tasneem ^a   Byrne, Paul ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Intrauterine device; Levonorgestrel; Levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system; Renal transplant recipients

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MENORRHAGIA; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, MEDICATED; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEVONORGESTREL; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84865071570     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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