Contraception
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 111-116, August 2007

Effect of a single vaginal administration of levonorgestrel in Carraguard® gel on the ovulatory process: a potential candidate for “dual protection” emergency contraception

  • Vivian Brache

      Affiliations

    • PROFAMILIA, Biomedical Research Department, P.O. Box 1053, Santo Domingo 10401, Dominican Republic
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 809 681 8357.
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  • Horacio Croxatto

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva (ICMER), Jose Victorino Lastarria 29, Santiago 6500970, Chile
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  • Regine Sitruk-Ware

      Affiliations

    • Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, New York, NY 10021, USA
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  • Robin Maguire

      Affiliations

    • Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, New York, NY 10021, USA
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  • Juan Carlos Montero

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva (ICMER), Jose Victorino Lastarria 29, Santiago 6500970, Chile
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  • Narender Kumar

      Affiliations

    • Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, New York, NY 10021, USA
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  • Ana Maria Salvatierra

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva (ICMER), Jose Victorino Lastarria 29, Santiago 6500970, Chile
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  • Ana Sofia Tejada

      Affiliations

    • PROFAMILIA, Biomedical Research Department, P.O. Box 1053, Santo Domingo 10401, Dominican Republic
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  • Leila Cochón

      Affiliations

    • PROFAMILIA, Biomedical Research Department, P.O. Box 1053, Santo Domingo 10401, Dominican Republic
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  • María Luisa Forcelledo

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva (ICMER), Jose Victorino Lastarria 29, Santiago 6500970, Chile
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  • Pekka Lahteenmaki

      Affiliations

    • Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, New York, NY 10021, USA
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  • Francisco Alvarez

      Affiliations

    • PROFAMILIA, Biomedical Research Department, P.O. Box 1053, Santo Domingo 10401, Dominican Republic
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  • Anibal Faundes

      Affiliations

    • PROFAMILIA, Biomedical Research Department, P.O. Box 1053, Santo Domingo 10401, Dominican Republic

Received 10 February 2007; received in revised form 18 April 2007; accepted 22 April 2007. published online 14 June 2007.

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PII: S0010-7824(07)00178-3

doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2007.04.005

Contraception
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 111-116, August 2007

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