Tamoxifen and RU39411 synergize with mifepristone to produce preimplantation pregnancy loss by increasing embryo transport (rat)

Contraception

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 367-373

  Kaplan Kraicer, R ^a   Kostovetsky, I ^a   Bardin, C W ^b   Shalgi, R ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

mifepristone; pregnancy; rat; RU39411; tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

11 [4 (2 DIMETHYLAMINOETHOXY)PHENYL]ESTRADIOL; ANTIESTROGEN; ANTIGESTAGEN; MIFEPRISTONE; T 5648; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG POTENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; RAT;

EID: 0029991790     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0010-7824(96)00087-X     Document Type: Article

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