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Metyrapone
Medical Definition: | 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. | |
Also Called: | Metopirone,SU 4885 | |
CAS Type 1 Name: | CAS Number: | 54-36-4 |
Metyrapone Medical Definitions and Terms
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