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Endometrial Bleeding

Synergistic effect on the treatment of menorrhagia by endometrial biopsy followed by contemporaneous insertion of the levonorgestrel intrauterine system

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Pages 694-698 | Received 16 Nov 2010, Accepted 14 Dec 2011, Published online: 04 Feb 2012

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