Reversible contraceptive effect of PH-20 immunization in male guinea pigs

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1142-1146

  Primakoff, Paul ^a,b   Woolman Gamer, Laura ^b,c   Tung, Kenneth S K ^d   Myles, Diana G ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PH 20; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOGENICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030998547     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.5.1142     Document Type: Article

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