Suppression of ovulation by a synthetic progestin in the capuchin monkey

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 340-346

  Nagle, Carlos A ^a,b   Lahoz, Monica M ^a   Porta, Maria M ^a   Torres, Marta ^a   Manzur, Teresita ^a   Farinati, Zulema ^a  

^a CEMIC   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Capuchin monkey; Estradiol; Levonorgestrel; Ovulation; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEVONORGESTREL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; CEBUS APELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; LAPAROSCOPY; LUTEINIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; LEVONORGESTREL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INHIBITION; PROGESTERONE;

CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES;

EID: 70149119900     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: 16000684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2009.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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