Contraception Research for Today and the Nineties

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Population Control and Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Demographic Trends, Global and Indian Scene, and Implications

      • S. Mukerji

      Pages 3-8

   3. Population Control: Strategies and Experience

      • George Zeidenstein

      Pages 9-16

   4. WHO Special Programme in Human Reproduction and Contraceptive Needs of Developing Countries

      • M. F. Fathalla, J. Barzelatto

      Pages 17-26

3. Recently Developed Contraceptive Methods at Phase II/III/IV

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27

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   2. Steroid Implants for Long-Term Contraception

      • Sheldon J. Segal

      Pages 29-35

   3. The Levonorgestrel-Releasing IUD

      • Tapani Luukkainen, Maija Haukkamaa, Pekka Lähteenmäki, Juhani Toivonen

      Pages 37-48

   4. Antiprogestin Ru 486: A Contragestive Agent

      • Etienne-Emile Baulieu

      Pages 49-66

   5. Vaginal Pills: Systemic Contraception Induced by Vaginal Administration of Contraceptive Pills

      • Elsimar Metzker Coutinho

      Pages 67-79

4. Neuroendocrine Regulation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Fertility

      • Béla Flerkó

      Pages 83-91

   3. GnRH Analogs in Contraception

      • Regine Sitruk-Ware

      Pages 93-100

   4. A Novel Hypothalamic Peptide Inhibitor of Prolactin Secretion

      • J. Ramachandran, K. Nikolics, P. H. Seeburg

      Pages 101-113

   5. Inhibin: Chemistry, Measurement, Physiology, and Its Potential as a Fertility-Regulating Agent

      • Anil R. Sheth, Sudhir B. Moodbidri, Nandita J. Arbatti

      Pages 115-129

5. Immunobiology of Pregnancy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131

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   2. Immunobiology of Human Trophoblast

      • Y. W. Loke

      Pages 133-142

   3. Maternal-Placental Interactions in Early Human Pregnancy

      • Peter M. Johnson

      Pages 143-149

   4. Maternal-Blastocyst Interaction at Implantation

      • Michael J. K. Harper, Marjorie A. Jones

      Pages 151-160

   5. Immunogenetic Control of Pregnancy and Development

      • Thomas J. Gill III

      Pages 161-169

The twentieth century will close with 5 billion people added to the current global population. Between 1980 and the year 2000, the total world population will increase from 4 billion 10 a liUle over 6 billion. There will be half as many morc people on earth during these 20 years than the number accumulated since the origin of man to 1980. Overpopulation is particularly acute in economically developing countries, where contraception has become a social necessity. Comraceplion Researcll for Today and Ihe Nineties carries the proceedings of an international symposium convened in New Delhi in October, 1986, to review the status of current research in contraception. Major organizations supporting basic and applied research in contraception-The Population Council, World Health Organization (WHO), The Rockefeller Foundation, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), International Development Research Center of Canada (IDRC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)- were represented by the heads of divi­ sions who projected respective programs and strategies. Principal scientists responsible for many of the new leads participated.

• Antigen
• chemistry
• genes
• immunobiology
• physiology
• placenta
• population
• protein
• proteins
• reproduction
• research
• vaccine

• National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India

  G. P. Talwar

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