Selective steroid receptor modulators in reproductive medicine

A Giannini1, E Russo, P Mannella

  • 1Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy - tommaso.simoncini@med.unipi.it.

Minerva Ginecologica
|July 23, 2015
PubMed
Summary

Tissue-specific steroid receptor modulators (SRMs) offer targeted treatments for hormone-dependent diseases. Future advancements in understanding these selective estrogen and progesterone receptor modulators (SERMs and SPRMs) promise new therapeutic indications.

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