Heavy Menstrual Bleeding is one of the
common Gynaecological issues. There are several causes. Some of
the women presented with these issues found to have underling thyroid
abnormality which was not discovered earlier. This research tries to find the prevalence of
the Thyroid Disorder among the women present with Heavy menstrual bleeding in
Sri Lankan women.
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