Inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor during the postovulatory period prevents pregnancy in the marmoset

Contraception

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 572-578

  Fraser, Hamish M ^a   Morris, Keith D ^a   Wiegand, Stanley J ^b   Wilson, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Pregnancy; Progesterone; VEGF inhibitor

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PUERPERIUM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENTS; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; PALPATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 78249256044     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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