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[1] “Hormonal IUD.” Family Planning Australia, Reproductive and Sexual Health, www.fpnsw.org.au/factsheets/individuals/contraception/hormonal-IUD. Accessed April 2023.

[2] “Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use.” World Health Organization, 2016, https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/252267/9789241565400-eng.pdf?sequence=1. Accessed April 2023.

[3]Celeste, Krewson. “FDA Expands Approval of Mirena for up to 8 Years.” Contemporary OB/GYN, August 22, 2022, www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/fda-expands-approval-of-mirena-for-up-to-8-years. Accessed April 2023.

[4]”Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare Clinical Guidance: Intrauterine Contraception.” FSRH, www.fsrh.org/standards-and-guidance/documents/ceuguidanceintrauterinecontraception/. Accessed April 2023.

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