"Pregnanetriol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A metabolite of 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE, normally produced in small quantities by the GONADS and the ADRENAL GLANDS, found in URINE. An elevated urinary pregnanetriol is associated with CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA with a deficiency of STEROID 21-HYDROXYLASE.
| Descriptor ID |
D011279
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.745.620 D06.472.334.851.687.750.478.400.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Pregnanetriol- Pregnanetriol
- 5beta-Pregnane-3alpha,17alpha,20alpha-triol
- 5-beta-Pregnane-3,17,20-triol
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pregnanetriol" by people in Profiles.
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Gas-liquid chromatography in the diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. J Steroid Biochem. 1974 Aug; 5(5):467-9.
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Female pseudohermaphroditism secondary to a maternal virilizing tumor. Case report and review of the literature. J Pediatr. 1973 Apr; 82(4):682-6.