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D K Mahajan1, S N London

  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport 71130, USA. DMAHAJ@LSUMC.EDU

Fertility and Sterility
|January 7, 1998
PubMed
Abstract

Keywords:
Abortion, Drug InducedAbortion, InducedBiologyBreast CancerCancerContraceptionContraceptive AgentsContraceptive Agents, FemaleContraceptive Agents, PostcoitalDiseasesEndocrine SystemEndometriumFamily PlanningFertility Control, PostconceptionFibroidsGenitaliaGenitalia, FemaleHormone AntagonistsHormonesLiterature ReviewNeoplasmsNeoplasms, BenignPhysiologyRu-486TreatmentUrogenital SystemUterus

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