"Metyrapone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An inhibitor of the enzyme STEROID 11-BETA-MONOOXYGENASE. It is used as a test of the feedback hypothalamic-pituitary mechanism in the diagnosis of CUSHING SYNDROME.
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D008797
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.725.463
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Metyrapone" by people in Profiles.
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Evidence that prenatal programming of hypertension by dietary protein deprivation is mediated by fetal glucocorticoid exposure. Am J Hypertens. 2011 Jan; 24(1):96-101.
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Partial reversal of stress-induced behavioral sensitization to amphetamine following metyrapone treatment. Brain Res. 1998 Feb 02; 783(1):133-42.
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Suppression and recovery of the neonatal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis after prolonged dexamethasone therapy. J Pediatr. 1997 Nov; 131(5):722-6.