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Menopause

Safety and comfort of long-term continuous combined transdermal estrogen and intrauterine levonorgestrel administration for postmenopausal hormone substitution – a review

Pages 598-601 | Received 23 Feb 2016, Accepted 07 Apr 2016, Published online: 27 Apr 2016

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