Termination of mid-gestation pregnancy in bitches with aglepristone, a progesterone receptor antagonist

Theriogenology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 941-950

  Galac, S ^a,b   Kooistra, H S ^b   Butinar, J ^a   Bevers, M M ^c   Dieleman, S J ^c   Voorhout, G ^c   Okkens, A C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abortion; Dogs; Progesterone receptor antagonist; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; AGLEPRISTONE; ALIZINE; ANTIGESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOG; DRUG MECHANISM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS RESORPTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; INDUCED ABORTION; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ANIMALS; DOGS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0034162751     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00241-7     Document Type: Article

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