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Original Article

Intrauterine Contraceptive Device and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Juhani Toivonen Department of Medical Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland
Pages 171-173 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

Comprehensive, mainly epidemiological data has helped us to recognize the strongest risk factors of pelvic inflammatory disease during intrauterine contraceptive device use. These are user's exposure to sexually transmitted diseases, young age and insertion of the device. Moreover, parity of the user and type of device may affect the risk of pelvic infection.

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