polyestradiol phosphate
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polyestradiol phosphate
[pol″e-es″trah-di´ol] a polymer of
estradiol phosphate having estrogenic activity similar to that of
estradiol; used in the palliative therapy of prostatic carcinoma.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
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The estrogen regimen was 160 mg of
polyestradiol phosphate intramuscularly every month during the first 3 months, then 80 mg monthly, plus 1 mg of ethinylestradiol orally for 2 weeks, followed by 150 [micro]g daily.
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