Description
ChlormADInoneisasyntheticsteroidalprogesteronethatexhibitsanti-androgenicandanti-osteoporoticactivities.Chlormadinoneisoccasionallyusedasacontraceptivebutalsotreatsbenignprostatichyperplasia(BPH)andpolycysticovarysyndrome(PCOS).Inbonemarrowstemcells,chlormadinonepromotesosteoblastdifferentiationandCa2+deposition.
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