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Sterilization 

Sterilization
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Sterilization
Author(s):

Enda McVeigh

, John Guillebaud

, and Roy Homburg

DOI:
10.1093/med/9780199650682.003.0029
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date: 11 April 2021

Introduction

Female sterilization: methods and efficacy considerations

Potential reversibility

Possible long-term side effects of female sterilization

Comparison of methods for each gender

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