Differential effects of 5α-norethisterone on the histomorphology of the oviduct and uterus of the pregnant rabbit

Contraception

Volumn 57, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 349-355

  Anzaldua, Santiago Rene ^a   Camacho Arroyo, Ignacio ^a   García, Gustavo A ^a   Cerbón, Marco A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Facultad de Quimica   (Mexico)

Author keywords

5 norethisterone; Oviduct; Progestins; Rabbit; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; MIFEPRISTONE; NORETHISTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PREGNANCY; RABBIT; SECRETORY CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE NECROSIS; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MIFEPRISTONE; NECROSIS; NORETHINDRONE; PERIODIC ACID-SCHIFF REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; RABBITS; STROMAL CELLS; UTERUS;

EID: 0031816070     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0010-7824(98)00034-1     Document Type: Article

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