A general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics.
1 Several lines of evidence have implicated oestrogen pathways in this gender difference.
2 The rationale was clear: the pills replaced the oestrogen women were losing.
3 The hormone oestrogen rises causing aldosterone to retain water in the kidneys.
4 After oestrogen - withdrawal monolayer cell number declined over 10 days, accompanied by cell detachment.
5 Postmenopausal osteoporosis, resulting from oestrogen deficiency, is the most common type of osteoporosis.
6 We are often told that the pill contains oestrogen and progesterone.
7 Previous use of oestrogen replacement therapy was not related to SHBG.
8 A principal hypothesized mechanism underlying breast carcinogenesis involves oestrogen - induced cell proliferation.
9 Both oestrogen and testosterone had a suppressive effect on the development of arthritis.
10 Seasonal anoestrus in the ewe results from enhanced oestrogen negative feedback.
11 The associations did not differ by oestrogen or progesterone receptor status.
12 In both tissues the oestrogen and progesterone receptors were also assayed.
13 He says drugs could potentially reduce oestrogen levels and prevent cancer.
14 Feminization seems to be the result of an excessive oestrogen production by the tumour.
15 Menopause is triggered when the female body no longer produces sex hormones, including oestrogen .
16 Many symptoms are the result of the declining female hormones - oestrogen and progesterone.
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