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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Gonadal Hormones > Gonadal Steroid Hormones

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Gonadal Steroid Hormones  

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Entry terms

  • Gonadal Steroid Hormone
  • Hormone, Gonadal Steroid
  • Hormone, Sex
  • Hormone, Sex Steroid
  • Hormones, Sex Steroid
  • Sex Hormone
  • Sex Hormones
  • Sex Steroid Hormone
  • Sex Steroid Hormones
  • Steroid Hormone, Gonadal
  • Steroid Hormone, Sex
  • Steroid Hormones, Sex

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specific groups or specific hormone

Scope note

  • Steroid hormones produced by the GONADS. They stimulate reproductive organs, germ cell maturation, and the secondary sex characteristics in the males and the females. The major sex steroid hormones include ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; and TESTOSTERONE.

History note

  • 2004 (1963)

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