Mifepristone: Pharmacology and clinical impact in reproductive medicine, endocrinology and oncology

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 481-488

  Im, Annie ^a   Appleman, Leonard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mifepristone; Misoprostol; Progesterone; Termination of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BICALUTAMIDE; CISPLATIN; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; FLUTAMIDE; LEVONORGESTREL; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; STEROID HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA; BLEEDING; BREAST CANCER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; GLAUCOMA; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; LABOR INDUCTION; LETHARGY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENINGIOMA; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NAUSEA; ONCOLOGY; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVULATION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS MYOMA; VOMITING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, STEROIDAL; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG DESIGN; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIFEPRISTONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 76449088178     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656560903535880     Document Type: Review

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