Effect of post-coital contraceptive methods on the endometrium and the menstrual cycle

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 738-744

  Swahn, Marja Liisa ^a   Westlund, Par ^a   Johannisson, Elisabeth ^b   Bygdeman, Marc ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Lab of Analyt and Quantit Cytol   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Danazol; Ethinylestradiol; Levonorgestrel; Menstrual cycle; Postcoital; Yuzpe regimen

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS LEVONORGESTREL; GLUCURONIDE; GONADOTROPIN; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PREGNANEDIOL;

ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0029861120     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609065738     Document Type: Article

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