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MeSH Heading: Gonadal Steroid Hormones
Tree Number(s): D06.472.334.851
Unique ID: D012739
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012739
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specific groups or specific hormone
Scope Note: Steroid hormones produced by the GONADS. They stimulate reproductive organs, germ cell maturation, and the secondary sex characteristics in the males and the females. The major sex steroid hormones include ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; and TESTOSTERONE.
Entry Term(s): Gonadal Steroid Hormone; Sex Hormone; Sex Hormones; Sex Steroid Hormone; Sex Steroid Hormones
Public MeSH Note: 2004; see SEX HORMONES 1963-2003
History Note: 2004 (1963)
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0019744
Scope Note: Steroid hormones produced by the GONADS. They stimulate reproductive organs, germ cell maturation, and the secondary sex characteristics in the males and the females. The major sex steroid hormones include ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; and TESTOSTERONE.
Terms: Gonadal Steroid Hormones Preferred Term
Term UI T524798
Date10/31/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Gonadal Steroid Hormone
Term UI T001077337
Date03/30/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Sex Steroid Hormone
Term UI T001077338
Date03/30/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Sex Hormone
Term UI T000996446
Date11/14/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Sex Hormones
Term UI T037649
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Sex Steroid Hormones
Term UI T525707
Date11/08/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004)

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