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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Below are the most recent publications written about "17-alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone" by people in Profiles.
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Caritis SN, Simhan HN, Zhao Y, Rouse DJ, Peaceman AM, Sciscione A, Spong CY, Varner MW, Malone FD, Iams JD, Mercer BM, Thorp JM, Sorokin Y, Carpenter M, Lo J, Ramin SM, Harper M. Relationship between 17-hydroxyprogesterone caproate concentrations and gestational age at delivery in twin gestation. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Nov; 207(5):396.e1-8.
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Paul DA, Leef KH, Stefano JL, Bartoshesky L. Factors influencing levels of 17-hydroxyprogesterone in very low birth weight infants and the relationship to death and IVH. J Perinatol. 2004 Apr; 24(4):252-6.
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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.