Clinical Applications of Mifepristone: Assessing the Science and Recommending a Research Agenda - Couverture souple

Institute Of Medicine; Committee On Antiprogestins: Assessing The Science

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0309049490 ISBN 13 : 9780309049498

Editeur : National Academies Press, 1993

Synopsis

Mifepristone (RU486), the first clinically available antiprogestin, has generated great interest since its discovery in the early 1980s. Today, it is recognized that mifepristone, along with other antiprogestins, has a potentially significant therapeutic role in human health and disease, with likely applicability to a variety of pregnancy-related conditions (e.g., management of labor) and to contraception, endometriosis, and cancer, among others. But because mifepristone has been studied and used most widely as a means of nonsurgical abortion, political issues have thus far limited research on the drug and prevented its introduction into the U.S. market.

This book provides an unbiased evaluation of current knowledge about both the fundamental nature of antiprogestins as well as their possible use in treating numerous diseases and conditions, and it contains recommendations for future research.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Molla S. Donaldson, Laneta Dorflinger, Sarah S. Brown, and Leslie Z. Benet, Editors; Committee on Antiprogestins: Assessing the Science, Institute of Medicine

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: National Academies Press
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0309049490
• ISBN 13: 9780309049498
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Éditeur: Benet Leslie Z., Brown Sarah S., Dorflinger Laneta, Donaldson Molla S.
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• Personne responsable: non disponible