"Ethinyl Estradiol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A semisynthetic alkylated ESTRADIOL with a 17-alpha-ethinyl substitution. It has high estrogenic potency when administered orally, and is often used as the estrogenic component in ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES.
| Descriptor ID |
D004997
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.668.651.568.291 D06.472.334.851.437.968.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Ethinyl Estradiol- Ethinyl Estradiol
- Estradiol, Ethinyl
- Ethinyloestradiol
- Ethynyl Estradiol
- Estradiol, Ethynyl
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ethinyl Estradiol" by people in Profiles.
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Combined oral contraceptives in women with systemic lupus erythematosus. N Engl J Med. 2005 Dec 15; 353(24):2550-8.
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Hirsutism: metabolic effects of two commonly used oral contraceptives and spironolactone. Contraception. 1991 Aug; 44(2):113-24.