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Contraceptives, Oral

Known as: birth contraceptive control pills, birth control pill contraceptive, Contraceptive pills for birth control 
Compounds, usually hormonal, taken orally in order to block ovulation and prevent the occurrence of pregnancy. The hormones are generally estrogen or… 
National Institutes of Health

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Combined Oral ContraceptivesGestrinoneOral Contraceptives, Low-DoseOral Contraceptives, Phasic

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Contraceptive AgentsContraceptive Devices
Contraceptive methodsIn BloodOral contraceptionagonists

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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Discovery and characterization of OC144-093, a novel inhibitor of P-glycoprotein-mediated multidrug resistance.
OC144-093 is a novel substituted diarylimidazole (Mr 495) generated using the OntoBLOCK system, a solid-phase combinatorial… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Osteocalcin-directed gene therapy for prostate-cancer bone metastasis
Abstract Osteocalcin (OC) is a major noncollagenous bone protein whose expression is limited almost exclusively to osteotropic… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Prostaglandins mediate the effects of titanium surface roughness on MG63 osteoblast-like cells and alter cell responsiveness to 1 alpha,25-(OH)2D3.
Surface roughness affects proliferation, differentiation (alkaline phosphatase and osteocalcin), local factor production… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Is carbon nitride harder than diamond? No, but its girth increases when stretched (negative Poisson ratio)
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The antiprogestin RU38 486: receptor-mediated progestin versus antiprogestin actions screened in estrogen-insensitive T47Dco human breast cancer cells.
Despite the theoretical promise of synthetic antiprogestational agents as anticancer agents, experimental tools, midcycle… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Evidence for the platelet-derived growth factor-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of the platelet-derived growth factor receptor in vivo. Immunopurification using a monoclonal antibody to…
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Thymus-independent antigens: complexity of B-lymphocyte activation revealed.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Identification of alpha-adrenergic receptors in uterine smooth muscle membranes by [3H]dihydroergocryptine binding.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Epidemiology of secondary amenorrhea
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Studies on the mechanism of increased plasma triglyceride levels induced by oral contraceptives.
Abstract Increases in plasma triglyceride levels were observed in normal young women treated for two weeks with an oral… 
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