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method for delivering steroids into the CSF might be useful in the control of fertility. Steroids can enter the cerebral components rapidly after intranasal administration and their

concentrations are higher than after intravenous injection6. We report here that progesterone and norethisterone given intranasally can prevent ovulation in rhesus monkeys. Access through

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