In vivo assessment of the human sperm acrosome reaction and the expression of glycodelin-A in human endometrium after levonorgestrel-emergency contraceptive pill administration

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2190-2195

  do Nascimento, Josiane A A ^a   Seppala, Markku ^b   Perdigão, Antero ^a   Espejo Arce, Ximena ^a   Munuce, Maria José ^c   Hautala, Laura ^b   Koistinen, Riitta ^b   Andrade, Liliana ^a   Bahamondes, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Emergency contraception; Glycodelin A; Human spermatozoa; Levonorgestrel

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; PLACEBO; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14A; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POSTINOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COITUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPERMATOZOON; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS FLUID;

EID: 34547754549     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem119     Document Type: Article

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