Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 172-173 , February 2010

Commentary — A historical note on the development of the frameless IUD

Received 5 August 2009 ,Revised 20 August 2009 ,Accepted 8 October 2009.

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PII: S0010-7824(09)00449-1

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.10.003

Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 172-173 , February 2010

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