Contraception
Volume 64, Issue 4 , Pages 223-225 , October 2001

Comparison of weight increase in users of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate and copper IUD up to 5 years

  • Luis Bahamondes

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55-19-3289-2856; fax: +55-19-3289-2440
    • Human Reproduction Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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  • Soledad Del Castillo

      Affiliations

    • Human Reproduction Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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  • Gonzalo Tabares

      Affiliations

    • Human Reproduction Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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  • Ximena Espejo Arce

      Affiliations

    • Human Reproduction Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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  • Marcos Perrotti

      Affiliations

    • Human Reproduction Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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  • Carlos Petta

      Affiliations

    • Human Reproduction Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil

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Contraception
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