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Estrogen Action, Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators And Women's Health: Progress And Promise
Author(s): V Craig Jordan (Author)
- Publisher: Imperial College Press
- Publication Date: 31 July 2013
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 544 pages
- ISBN-10: 1848169574
- ISBN-13: 9781848169579
Book Description
This volume presents the evolution of the authors’ ideas about estrogen action and its modulation by a new group of drugs called SERMs (Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators). The pioneering SERMs ― tamoxifen and raloxifene ― are known to have saved the lives of millions of women around the world and improved the health of millions more. Estrogen is the central hormone of women’s health and reproduction. The book is a journey through 40 years of discovery and success in advancing women’s health, with the prospect of improved innovation through medicinal chemistry for the future.
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This volume presents the evolution of the authors’ ideas about estrogen action and its modulation by a new group of drugs called SERMs (Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators). The pioneering SERMs tamoxifen and raloxifene are known to have saved the lives of millions of women around the world and improved the health of millions more. Estrogen is the central hormone of women’s health and reproduction. The book is a journey through 40 years of discovery and success in advancing women’s health, with the prospect of improved innovation through medicinal chemistry for the future.
