In vivo antiestrogenic activity of mifepristone in the rat

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 225-229

  Nedvidkova J ^a   Schreiber, V ^a   Starka L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; cAMP; cGMP; Corticosterone; Estradiol benzoate; LH; Mifepristone; Prolactin; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIFEPRISTONE; PROLACTIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 1842329734     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03346908     Document Type: Article

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