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Dimethisterone

Known as: Androst-4-en-3-one, 17-hydroxy-6-methyl-17-(1-propynyl)-, (6alpha,17beta)-, Dimethisterone [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A synthetic progestational hormone without significant estrogenic or androgenic properties. It was formerly used as the progestational component in… 
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Review
1980
Review
1980
Relationship of estrogens and oral contraceptives to endometrial cancer in animals and women.
Various experimental and clinical studies have been made to evaluate possible relationships between estrogen and endometrial… 
1980
1980
Oral contraceptives and endometrial cancer.
The exemplary study of Weiss and Sayvetz of the risk of endometrial cancer among oral contraceptive (OC) users is reported. The… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
Effects of oral contraceptives on the liver.
  • A. Coopland
  • Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de…
  • 1980
  • Corpus ID: 24696188
I read with interest Dixit's review article concerning the liver and (OC) oral contraceptives (Can J Surg 23:222, 1980), and I… 
1969
1969
Effects of dimethisterone on endometrial adenocarcinoma--electron microscopic study.
14 patients with endometrial carcinoma were given a large amount of gestagens in daily doses of 10-200 mg and total doses 250… 
1969
1969
Adrenocortical insufficiency related to oral contraceptives.
  • G. DasM. Becker
  • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
  • 1969
  • Corpus ID: 45145302
To the Editor:— Active estrogen and progesterone combinations, administered orally, are now widely used for contraceptive… 
1968
1968
Studies on the site of action of oral contraceptive steroids. I. Effect of antifertility steroids on plasma LH levels and on the response to luteinizing hormone-releasing factor in rats.
ABSTRACT The effects of ovulation inhibiting steroids on plasma luteinizing hormone (LH) levels and on the response to LH… 
1968
1968
Systemic effects of a sequential regimen.
A clinical summary covering a period of 7 years on the systemic effects of an oral sequential regimen is presented. The data is… 
1965
1965
Toxicology of progestagens with special reference to dimethisterone and megestrol acetate.
The effects of 6 potent progestagens upon target organs of rats were compared. The progesterone derivative megestrol acetate 1… 
1964
1964
Menstrual regulation by sequential hormone therapy.
134 patients who could not use the rhythm method of contraception effectively were treated with sequential doses of estrogen… 
1961
1961
Clinical and experimental studies with a new progestogen--dimethisterone.