A comparative study of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system Mirena versus the Copper T380A intrauterine device during lactation: breast-feeding performance, infant growth and infant development.

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Mirena is a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) that provides highly effective and long-acting progestogen-only contraception.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Contraception

Title: Contraception

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN: 0010-7824

ISSN (Print): 0010-7824

Publication date (Electronic): Nov 2005

Volume: 72

Issue: 5

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[1 ] Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. shamaashayman@yahoo.com

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Publisher Item ID: S0010-7824(05)00109-5

DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.04.004

PubMed ID: 16246660

SO-VID: 26f64119-a14b-4a12-a4e0-978e77e5d621

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