Is LNG-IUS the One-Stop Answer to AUB?
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Emergency contraception and the LNG-IUS.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0971-9202,0975-6434
DOI: 10.1007/s13224-017-1050-z