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Progestational Activity of 4-Hydroxy-17-Alpha-Acetoxyprogesterone

An Erratum to this article was published on 27 July 1963

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RECENT biological research in the field of the gestageiis has been directed at finding out new compounds having oral progestational activity but lacking virilizing effects on fœtuses.

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ARCARI, G., BALDRATTI, G. & SALA, G. Progestational Activity of 4-Hydroxy-17-Alpha-Acetoxyprogesterone. Nature 197, 292–293 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197292b0

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