Anita Nath

ORCID: 0000-0002-9216-6803 · 3 papers in corpus
review 2010
Contraception ·doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2010.04.004

The synthetic progestins used for contraception so far are structurally related either to testosterone (estranes and gonanes) or to progesterone (pregnanes and 19-norpregnanes). Several new progestins have been designed to minimize side-eff…

review 2009
Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society ·doi:10.1080/13697130902905757

Following the publication of the Women's Health Initiative study, the controversy was raised regarding the role of progestins in hormonal replacement therapy (HRT). Some of the most prescribed molecules, with partial androgenic or glucocort…

lab-animal 2009
Contraception ·doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2009.11.004

BACKGROUND: Ulipristal (UPA; CDB-2914) is a progesterone receptor modulator with contraceptive potential. To test its effects when delivered by an intrauterine system (IUS), we prepared control and UPA-filled IUS and evaluated their effects…