Roller-ball endometrial ablation versus levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system in the management of abnormal uterine bleeding

Gineco.ro

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 199-201

  Ergun, Bulent ^a   Kuru, Oguzhan ^a   Sen, Serhat ^a   Kilic, Yusuf ^a   Bastu, Ercan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endometrial ablation; Hemoglobin; Levonorgestrel; Therapy; Uterine bleeding

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LEVONORGESTREL;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROLLER BALL ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 84873031399     PISSN: 18414435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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