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Reports of Two Broken Nexplanon® Rods

Joanna Campodonico, Jeffrey Wolfrey and Jenna Buchanan
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2019, 32 (2) 269-271; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.02.180222
Joanna Campodonico
From University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ.
MD, MPH
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Jeffrey Wolfrey
From University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ.
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Jenna Buchanan
From University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ.
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Joanna Campodonico, Jeffrey Wolfrey, Jenna Buchanan
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