Emergency contraception: How does it work?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 32-36

  Baird, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency contraception; Intrauterine device; Levonorgestrel; Mifepristone

Indexed keywords

ANTIGESTAGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS LEVONORGESTREL; LEVONORGESTREL; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

EID: 63249098565     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60113-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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