Future Aspects in Contraception: Proceedings of an International Symposium held in Heidelberg, 5–8 September 1984 Part 2 Female Contraception

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Natural family planning....Pages 1-14
Barrier methods of contraception....Pages 15-22
Chemistry, contraceptive activity and toxicology of aryl guanidinobenzoates: inhibitors of sperm acrosin....Pages 23-29
Measurement of LH in saliva; a new approach to ovulation detection....Pages 31-47
Steroid-induced side-effects of oral contraceptives....Pages 49-62
Efficacy and physiology of a triphasic oral contraceptive....Pages 63-69
Advantages and disadvantages of low-dose hormonal contraceptive agents....Pages 71-82
Emerging routes of delivery for fertility-control agents....Pages 83-93
Current status of NORPLANT subdermal implants for contraception....Pages 95-106
New aspects in post-coital contraception....Pages 107-113
Biological evaluation of some medicinal plant extracts for contraceptive efficacy in females....Pages 115-128
Pharmacokinetic and antigenicity studies with LHRH analogues....Pages 129-147
LHRH nasal spray in contraception....Pages 149-160
Acute and intermittent LHRH agonist dosing as post-coital and anti-ovulatory contraceptive approaches....Pages 161-175
LHRH antagonists and contraception....Pages 177-187
Mechanism of action of gonadotrophin releasing hormone in the pituitary and gonads....Pages 189-201
Morphological changes on the surface of IUDS: Are they of clinical significance?....Pages 203-227
The use of non-culture tests for the detection of VD prior to IUD insertion: a view towards the future....Pages 229-234
Experience with GYNE-T Cu-380-A intrauterine contraceptive device (1981–1984)....Pages 235-237
Ten years’ experience with continuous use of the butterfly IUD....Pages 239-244
The antiprogesterone activity of RU 486, a contragestive agent in the human....Pages 245-248
Effects of the antiprogesterone RU 486 in early pregnancy and during the menstrual cycle....Pages 249-270
Prostaglandins in contraception....Pages 271-279
Ovarian hormones and cybernins....Pages 281-288
Biochemical aspects of a contraception model based on immunological properties of proteohormones....Pages 289-304
Variability in antisperm and antiembryonic humoral immune responses....Pages 305-317
Research for the development of an hCG antifertility vaccine....Pages 319-331
Present and future aspects of immunological methods in contraception....Pages 333-341
Preclinical and clinical aspects of safety in contraception....Pages 343-349
The politics of contraception....Pages 351-360
Contraceptive futurology: or 1984 in 1984....Pages 361-368
Back Matter....Pages 369-372