"Pregnanediol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An inactive metabolite of PROGESTERONE by reduction at C5, C3, and C20 position. Pregnanediol has two hydroxyl groups, at 3-alpha and 20-alpha. It is detectable in URINE after OVULATION and is found in great quantities in the pregnancy urine.
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D011276
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.745.495 D06.472.334.851.687.750.739
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pregnanediol" by people in Profiles.
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Women In Steady Exercise Research (WISER) Sister: study design and methods. Contemp Clin Trials. 2015 Mar; 41:17-30.
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Breast milk and breastfeeding jaundice. Adv Pediatr. 1987; 34:249-74.
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Studies of urinary pregnane-3 alpha,20 beta-diol during pregnancy, post-partum, lactation and progesterone ingestion. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1967 Dec; 27(12):1705-10.
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A simplified gas chromatographic method for large numbers of urinary pregnanediol determinations. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1967 Jul 15; 98(6):759-66.
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[Hormonal relationship between mother and child with special reference to human milk]. Monatsschr Kinderheilkd (1902). 1967 Apr; 115(4):151-4.
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Studies of prolonged neonatal jaundice in the breast-fed infant. J Pediatr. 1966 Jan; 68(1):54-66.
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PROLONGED NEONATAL UNCONJUGATED HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH BREAST FEEDING AND A STEROID, PREGNANE-3(ALPHA), 20(BETA)-DIOL, IN MATERNAL MILK THAT INHIBITS GLUCURONIDE FORMATION IN VITRO. J Clin Invest. 1964 Nov; 43:2037-47.
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PRODUCTION OF UNCONJUGATED HYPERBILIRUBINAEMIA IN FULL-TERM NEW-BORN INFANTS FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATION OF PREGNANE-3(ALPHA),20(BETA)-DIOL. Nature. 1964 Sep 19; 203:1292-3.