Contraception
Volume 63, Issue 6 , Pages 335-342 , June 2001

Effect of vaginally administered (Ala8,13,18)-magainin II amide on the morphology of implantation stage endometrium in the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)☆

  • D Ghosh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91-11-696-3826; fax: +91-11-686-2663
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  • Latika Dhawan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
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  • P.G.L Lalitkumar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
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  • Viviana Wong

      Affiliations

    • California Regional Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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  • J.F Rosario

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
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  • A.G Hendrickx

      Affiliations

    • California Regional Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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  • B.L Lasley

      Affiliations

    • California Regional Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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  • J.W Overstreet

      Affiliations

    • California Regional Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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  • Jayasree Sengupta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India

Received 1 March 2001 ,Accepted 27 March 2001.

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Contraception
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