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Methallenestril
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Methallenestril is an estrogen.[1] It is a seco-analogue of bisdehydrodoisynolic acid. Vallestril was a brand of methallenestril issued by G. D. Searle & Company in the 1950s.
References
References
- ↑ Herbai G, Ljunghall S (1983). “Normalization of hypercalcaemia of primary hyperparathyroidism by treatment with methallenestril, a synthetic oestrogen with low oestrogenicity”. Urol. Int. 38 (6): 371–3. doi:10.1159/000280925. PMID 6659184.
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