Hormonal and non-hormonal agents at implantation as targets for contraception

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-76

  Nie, Gui Ying ^a   Butt, Anna R ^a   Salamonsen, Lois A ^a   Findlay, Jock K ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

11BETA [4 (DIMETHYLAMINO)PHENYL] 4',5' DIHYDRO 6BETA METHYLSPIRO[ESTRA 4,9 DIENE 17BETA,2'(3'H) FURAN] 3 ONE; ANORDIOL; ANTIESTROGEN; ANTIGESTAGEN; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; CYTOKINE; ESTRADIOL; GROWTH FACTOR; HORMONE; INTERFERON; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; METALLOPROTEINASE; MIFEPRISTONE; ORG 31806; ORG 33628; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIRTH CONTROL; BLASTOCYST; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRACEPTION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEST CONTROL;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HORMONES; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030954116     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/R96065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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