Use of a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device in the treatment of adenomyosis associated heavy menstrual bleeding

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1349-1352

  Uysal, Ahmet ^a   Taner, Cüneyt Eftal ^a   Mun, Semih ^a   Uysal, Fatma ^b   Çelimli, Fatma Horasan ^a  

^a SB Seferihisar Necat Hepkon State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b SB Aegean Maternity and Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Heavy menstrual bleeding; Levonorgestral releasing intrauterine device

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LEVONORGESTREL;

ACNE; ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TENDERNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEVONORGESTREL RELEASING INTRAUTERINE SYSTEM; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; OLIGOMENORRHEA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEBORRHEA; SPOTTING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84886400873     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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