Pharmacokinetics of 10 mg of mifepristone

Contraception

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 427-429

  Leminen, Riikka ^a   Ranta, Sirpa ^b   Von Hertzen, Helena ^c   Oehler, Joachim ^d   Heikinheimo, Oskari ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d The Concept Foundation   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dose response relationships; Emergency contraception; Inhibition of ovulation; Radioimmunoassay

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE;

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

EID: 1642539012     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(03)00181-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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