Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 1 , Pages 46-51 , July 2005

Pharmacokinetics and endometrial tissue levels of levonorgestrel after administration of a single 1.5-mg dose by the oral and vaginal route

  • Luigi Devoto, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Investigaciones Materno Infantil (IDIMI) and Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecologia, Medical Faculty, Hospital San Borja Arriaran, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Luigi Devoto, M.D., Instituto de Investigaciones Materno Infantil Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, PO Box 226-3, 6519100 Santiago, Chile (FAX: 56-2-424 7240
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  • Ariel Fuentes, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Investigaciones Materno Infantil (IDIMI) and Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecologia, Medical Faculty, Hospital San Borja Arriaran, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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  • Alberto Palomino, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Investigaciones Materno Infantil (IDIMI) and Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecologia, Medical Faculty, Hospital San Borja Arriaran, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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  • Alejandra Espinoza

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Investigaciones Materno Infantil (IDIMI) and Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecologia, Medical Faculty, Hospital San Borja Arriaran, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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  • Paulina Kohen, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Investigaciones Materno Infantil (IDIMI) and Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecologia, Medical Faculty, Hospital San Borja Arriaran, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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  • Sirpa Ranta, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Steroid Research Laboratory, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Helena von Hertzen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Received 26 August 2004 ,Revised 21 January 2005 ,Accepted 21 January 2005.

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 Supported by UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, World Health Organization (Geneva, Switzerland) (project A25167) and the Chilean Research Council, CONYCYT-FONDAP (Santiago, Chile) project 15010006.

PII: S0015-0282(05)00581-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.01.106

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 1 , Pages 46-51 , July 2005

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