Sex hormone binding globulin and free levonorgestrel index in the first week after insertion of Norplant® implants

Contraception

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 211-214

  Alvarez, Francisco ^a   Brache, Vivian ^a   Tejada, Ana Sofia ^a   Cochon, Leila ^a   Faundes, Anibal ^b  

^a PROFAMILIA   (Dominican Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Levonorgestrel serum level; Norplant implant; Sex hormone binding globulin

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG IMPLANT; FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AMERICAS; CARIBBEAN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE--PHARMACODYNAMICS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, PROGESTIN--PHARMACODYNAMICS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS--PHARMACODYNAMICS; CONTRACEPTIVE IMPLANTS; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FAMILY PLANNING; LATIN AMERICA; LEVONORGESTREL--PHARMACODYNAMICS; NORTH AMERICA; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT;

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; LEVONORGESTREL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN;

EID: 0031699570     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(98)00102-4     Document Type: Article

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