Contraception
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 126-128 , August 2010

The missing IUD

Received 19 February 2010 ,Accepted 23 February 2010.

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PII: S0010-7824(10)00063-6

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.02.019

Contraception
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 126-128 , August 2010

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