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Estrogens

"Estrogens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Compounds that interact with ESTROGEN RECEPTORS in target tissues to bring about the effects similar to those of ESTRADIOL. Estrogens stimulate the female reproductive organs, and the development of secondary female SEX CHARACTERISTICS. Estrogenic chemicals include natural, synthetic, steroidal, or non-steroidal compounds.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Estrogens" by people in this website by year, and whether "Estrogens" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 45 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2007
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