17-alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone
"17-alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A metabolite of PROGESTERONE with a hydroxyl group at the 17-alpha position. It serves as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of HYDROCORTISONE and GONADAL STEROID HORMONES.
| Descriptor ID |
D019326
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.745.745.654.829.395.400 D06.472.334.851.687.750.478.400
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| Concept/Terms |
17-alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone- 17-alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone
- 17 alpha Hydroxyprogesterone
- 17-Hydroxyprogesterone, (17 alpha)-Isomer
- 17-Hydroxyprogesterone
- 17 Hydroxyprogesterone
- 17 alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone
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| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "17-alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone" by people in Profiles.
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Boelig RC, Schoen CN, Frey H, Gimovsky AC, Springel E, Backley S, Berghella V. Vaginal progesterone vs intramuscular 17-hydroxyprogesterone caproate for prevention of recurrent preterm birth: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022 05; 226(5):722.e1-722.e12.
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Watterberg KL, Gerdes JS, Cook KL. Impaired glucocorticoid synthesis in premature infants developing chronic lung disease. Pediatr Res. 2001 Aug; 50(2):190-5.
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Shamma FN, Penzias AS, Thatcher S, DeCherney AH, Lavy G. Corpus luteum function in successful in vitro fertilization cycles. Fertil Steril. 1992 May; 57(5):1107-9.