Comparative efficacy of two immunocontraceptive vaccines

Vaccine

Volumn 15, Issue 17-18, 1997, Pages 1858-1862

  Miller, Lowell A ^a   Johns, Brad E ^a   Elias, Donald J ^a   Crane, Kenneth A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; GONADORELIN; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VACCINATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARRIER PROTEINS; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; EGG PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HEMOCYANIN; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TESTOSTERONE; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0030784576     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(97)00141-2     Document Type: Article

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