P. Lähteenmäki

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus
rct 1998
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) ·doi:10.1136/bmj.316.7138.1122

OBJECTIVES: To assess whether the levonorgestrel intrauterine system could provide a conservative alternative to hysterectomy in the treatment of excessive uterine bleeding. DESIGN: Open randomised multicentre study with two parallel group…

other 1996
Contraception ·doi:10.1016/s0010-7824(96)00193-x

Relatively low doses of the antiprogestin mifepristone (RU 486) have recently proven to be efficient for a variety of possible clinical uses of the drug. However, the pharmacokinetics after low single oral doses have not been characterized.…

nonrandomized-trial 1995
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a136305

To evaluate non-invasively the role of levonorgestrel releasing devices in direct contact with the endometrium on menstrual spotting and endometrium inactivation, we inserted levonorgestrel releasing devices (20 micrograms/24 h) either into…

nonrandomized-trial 1993
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)56209-8

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of sequential use of the antiprogesterone RU486 and synthetic progestin on ovarian function of healthy women. DESIGN: Healthy women were given a sequential antiprogesterone-progestin treatment. Blood sample…

rct 1990
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)53714-5

Direct intraperitoneal or intrauterine insemination in combination with superovulation was used randomly as the treatment of infertility that was unexplained or due to male subfertility or mild endometriosis in 124 couples during 326 cycles…

nonrandomized-trial 1988
Fertility and sterility

Healthy, regularly menstruating women were treated with the antiprogesterone RU 486, Mifepristone (Roussel-Uclaf, Romainville, France) during the follicular phase of the cycle. Three women were given 25 mg of RU 486 on days 1 to 14 of the c…