Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 3 , Pages 226-231, March 2010

A randomized prospective trial comparing the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system with thermal balloon ablation for the treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding☆

  • Sérgio S. de Souza

      Affiliations

    • Clinics Hospital of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    • ,
  • Aroldo F. Camargos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, 30130-100 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    • ,
  • Carolina P. de Rezende

      Affiliations

    • Clinics Hospital of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    • ,
  • Francisco A.N. Pereira

      Affiliations

    • Clinics Hospital of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    • ,
  • Cícero A.A. Araújo

      Affiliations

    • Clinics Hospital of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    • ,
  • Agnaldo L. Silva Filho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, 30130-100 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55 31 3409 9764; fax: +55 31 3409 9765.

Received 18 June 2009; received in revised form 20 September 2009; accepted 23 September 2009. published online 30 October 2009.

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☆ This study was conducted in the Professor Aroldo Fernando Camargos Laboratory of Human Reproduction in the Teaching Hospital of the Federal University of Minas Gerais.

PII: S0010-7824(09)00422-3

doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2009.09.012

Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 3 , Pages 226-231, March 2010

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