17-Hydroxycorticosteroids
"17-Hydroxycorticosteroids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of hydroxycorticosteroids bearing a hydroxy group at the 17-position. Urinary excretion of these compounds is used as an index of adrenal function. They are used systemically in the free alcohol form, but with esterification of the hydroxy groups, topical effectiveness is increased.
| Descriptor ID |
D015065
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.040.585.478
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Plasma cortisol, urinary 17-hydroxycorticoids, and urinary vanilyl mandelic acid after acute myocardial infarction. Br Heart J. 1972 Oct; 34(10):992-7.