Contraception
Volume 64, Issue 4 , Pages 227-234, October 2001

On the mechanisms of action of short-term levonorgestrel administration in emergency contraception☆

  • Marta Durand

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive Biology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Ma del Carmen Cravioto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive Biology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Elizabeth G Raymond

      Affiliations

    • Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
    • ,
  • Ofelia Durán-Sánchez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive Biology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Ma De la Luz Cruz-Hinojosa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive Biology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Andrés Castell-Rodrı́guez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cellular Biology, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Raffaela Schiavon

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Health Service, Instituto Nacional de Pediatrı́a, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Fernando Larrea

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +525-573-11-60; fax: +525-655-98-59
    • Department of Reproductive Biology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

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☆ This study was supported by grants from Family Health International (North Carolina, USA), US Agency for International Development (Washington, DC, USA), the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (New York, USA), and El Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologı́a (Mexico).

PII: S0010-7824(01)00250-5

Contraception
Volume 64, Issue 4 , Pages 227-234, October 2001

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