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Complex Mixtures > Biological Products > Menotropins
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Menotropins
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Menotropins
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Gonadotropins > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Menotropins
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Gonadotropins > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Menotropins

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Menotropins  

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  • Gonadotropin, Human Menopausal
  • Gonadotropins, Human Menopausal
  • Human Menopausal Gonadotropin
  • Human Menopausal Gonadotropins
  • Menopausal Gonadotropin, Human
  • Menotrophin

Scope note

  • Extracts of urine from menopausal women that contain high concentrations of pituitary gonadotropins, FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE and LUTEINIZING HORMONE. Menotropins are used to treat infertility. The FSH:LH ratio and degree of purity vary in different preparations.

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