Concept information
Preferred term
Metyrapone
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Methbipyranone
- Methopyrapone
Scope note
- An inhibitor of the enzyme STEROID 11-BETA-MONOOXYGENASE. It is used as a test of the feedback hypothalamic-pituitary mechanism in the diagnosis of CUSHING SYNDROME.
History note
- 66(64)
In other languages
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Finnish
-
metyraponum
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Swedish
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Metopiron
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Metopyrapon
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008797
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