[After levonorgestrel, will mifepristone (RU486) be the next day-after pill?]

F López De Castro, López De Castro F, Campos Campos N, N Campos Campos, Castillo Portales S, S Castillo Portales, Rodríguez Alcalá F, F Rodríguez Alcalá
Atencion primaria · 2001 · vol. 27(5) , pp. 367–8 · doi:10.1016/s0212-6567(01)79384-5 · PMID:11333561 · PMC7681683
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This paper explores whether mifepristone (RU486) could become the next available emergency contraceptive after levonorgestrel.

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Contraceptives, Postcoital, Synthetic Mifepristone Contraceptive Agents, Female Female Humans Levonorgestrel

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