Female Contraception -

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Reproductive Behavior and Family Planning.- Trends in Contraception and Contraceptive Research.- Side Effects of Oral Contraceptives.- Analysis of Oral Contraceptive Risks.- Effects of Oral Contraception on Blood Clotting.- Effect of Oral Contraceptives on Carbohydrate Metabolism in Healthy Women.- Oral Contraceptives and Lipid Metabolism.- Oral Contraceptives and Lipid Metabolism: Interim Analysis of the PROCAM Trial.- Oral Contraception and Ovarian Function.- Development of New Progestagens.- Trends in Hormonal Contraception.- Clinical Pharmacology of Gestagens.- Development of Progestogens.- Review of the Preclinical Pharmacology and Clinical Studies of the Norgestimate-containing Oral Contraceptive, Cilest.- Gestoden: An Innovative Progestogen.- Desogestrel: Review of Pharmacology and Clinical Trials.- Steroids and Brain.- Progesterone and Progestins Modulate Hypothalamic and Pituitary ?-Endorphin.- Contraceptive Potential of GnRH Antagonists.- Desensitization of Pituitary Cells by Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone in Vitro.- Potency of Contraceptive Progestins to Inhibit Luteinizing Hormone Secretion in Vitro.- Implantables and Injectables.- Long-Acting Injectable Steroidal Contraception Utilizing Norethindrone Microspheres.- Monthly Injectable Contraception with Norethisterone Enanthate plus Estradiol Valerate.- Evaluation of the Norplant Subdermal Implant Contraceptive System - China.- Behavioral Methods of Contraception.- The Sympto-thermal Method.- Temperature Computers.- Lactational Anovulation in Monkeys: Prolactin Secretion and Ovarian Function.- Barriers and Sterilization.- New Approaches in Vaginal Contraception.- New Techniques of Female Sterilisation.- Recent Experience with the Cervical Cap in the United States.- Aryl 4-Guanidinobenzoates: Potential Vaginal Contraceptives.- New IUD Technology.- Intrauterine Devices: Efficacy and Side Effects.- Hazards of IUDs and Their Prevention.- The Endometrium and the IUD.- Clinical Results of a New Contraceptive Intra-uterine Device: Ombrelle 250.- Immunology of Female Contraception.- Immunological Aspects of Fertility Regulation.- Application of New Concepts in Cell-Mediated Immunity to the Development of Effective Antifertility Vaccines.- Sperm Antigens and Antibodies.- Post-coital Contraception.- Post-coital Interception.- Endometrial and Myometrial Effects of Progesterone Antagonists in Pregnant Guinea Pigs.- Politics and Religion in Contraception.- The Role of Public Sector Agencies in Contraceptive Research and Development.- Jewish Law and Contraceptive Practice.- Epidemiology and AIDS in Contraception.- Epidemiology and Sexually Transmitted Diseases.- The World Health Organization Special Programme.- The World Health Organization Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training on Human Reproduction: The Past 15 Years and the Next Decade.