Progesterone: How Did the Name Originate?

@article{Allen1970ProgesteroneHD,
  title={Progesterone: How Did the Name Originate?},
  author={Willard M. Allen},
  journal={Southern Medical Journal},
  year={1970},
  volume={63},
  pages={1151-1155}
}
  • W. M. Allen
  • Published 1 October 1970
  • Medicine
  • Southern Medical Journal
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    Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica
  • 2015
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Subcutaneous administration of progesterone has recently been introduced but studies have failed to show a beneficial effect on the number of live births when compared to vaginal gel, and it remains questionable whether that proportion would be large enough to change general recommendations as the scientific evidence is lacking.
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Medicalizing gender: from intersex to DSD, from the laboratory to patient groups
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The subject of this research, the medicalization of the gendered body, is a shifting object; it has changed its medical name from Intersex to DSD (Disorders -or Divergence- of Sex Development), and addresses how modern medicine treats people who manifest variations of one of thegendered components of the body, inserting their bodies into pathological categories now called DSD.
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