Concept information
Preferred term
Mifepristone
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Mifegyne
- Mifeprex
- R 38486
- R-38486
- ZK 98296
- ZK-98296
Scope note
- A progestational and glucocorticoid hormone antagonist. Its inhibition of progesterone induces bleeding during the luteal phase and in early pregnancy by releasing endogenous prostaglandins from the endometrium or decidua. As a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, the drug has been used to treat hypercortisolism in patients with nonpituitary CUSHING SYNDROME.
History note
- 90
In other languages
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Finnish
-
Mifegyne
-
mifepristonum
-
RU-486
-
Swedish
-
Mifegyne
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015735
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