National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Therapeutic Gonadotropin
Synonyms

Gonadotropic Hormone

Gonadotropins

Therapeutic Gonadotropin

Definitions

A class of formulated therapeutic analogs of the endogenous gonadotropin that stimulates or promotes the function of the gonads. Therapeutic gonadotropins are derived from animal or recombinant sources. Gonadotropins include follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone and chorionic gonadotropin. These agents stimulate discrete cellular components of the gonads, exerting effects in both males and females. (NCI04)

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C527

code

C527

DEFINITION

A class of formulated therapeutic analogs of the endogenous gonadotropin that stimulates or promotes the function of the gonads. Therapeutic gonadotropins are derived from animal or recombinant sources. Gonadotropins include follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone and chorionic gonadotropin. These agents stimulate discrete cellular components of the gonads, exerting effects in both males and females. (NCI04)

FULL_SYN

Gonadotropic Hormone

Gonadotropins

Therapeutic Gonadotropin

label

Therapeutic Gonadotropin

Legacy Concept Name

Therapeutic_Gonadotropin

Preferred_Name

Therapeutic Gonadotropin

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C527

Semantic_Type

Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein

Pharmacologic Substance

UMLS_CUI

C1522385

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C2348

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