Contraception
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages 37-40 , January 1996

Androgen levels in women using a single implant of nomegestrol acetate

  • Ione Barbosa

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationName and address for correspondence: Dr. Ione C. Barbosa, Maternidade Climerio de Oliveira, Rua do Limoeiro, No. 1, Salvador, 40.055-150, Bahia, Brazil. Tel: (071) 243-0003, Fax: (071) 243-9153
    • Maternidade Climerio de Oliveira, Federal University of Bahia, Rua do Limoeiro, No. 1, 40.055-150 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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  • Elsimar Coutinho

      Affiliations

    • Maternidade Climerio de Oliveira, Federal University of Bahia, Rua do Limoeiro, No. 1, 40.055-150 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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  • Celia Athayde

      Affiliations

    • Maternidade Climerio de Oliveira, Federal University of Bahia, Rua do Limoeiro, No. 1, 40.055-150 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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  • O.A. Ladipo

      Affiliations

    • Maternidade Climerio de Oliveira, Federal University of Bahia, Rua do Limoeiro, No. 1, 40.055-150 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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  • Sven-Eric Olsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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  • Ulf Ulmsten

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Received 24 July 1995 ,Revised 2 October 1995 ,Accepted 6 October 1995.

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Contraception
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages 37-40 , January 1996

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