Effects of two antiprogestins on early pregnancy in the long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

Contraception

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-115

  Tarantal, Alice F ^a   Hendrickx, Andrew G ^a   Matlin, Stephen A ^b   Lasley, Bill L ^a   Gu, Quin Quin ^b   Thomas, Charles A A ^b   Vince, Pamela M ^b   Van Look, Paul F A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

abortion; HRP 2000; mifepristone; monkey; pregnancy; progesterone; RU 486

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; ANTIGESTAGEN; HRP 2000; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MACACA; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030222334     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0010-7824(96)00134-5     Document Type: Article

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