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Progestins

"Progestins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Compounds that interact with PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS in target tissues to bring about the effects similar to those of PROGESTERONE. Primary actions of progestins, including natural and synthetic steroids, are on the UTERUS and the MAMMARY GLAND in preparation for and in maintenance of PREGNANCY.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Progestins" by people in this website by year, and whether "Progestins" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 13 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2012
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