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Word: delalutin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...DELALUTIN (E. R. Squibb & Sons' trade name for 17-alpha-hydroxyprogesterone) offers new hope for maintaining pregnancy in women with histories of repeated spontaneous abortions. Data dealt with 83 women who had had 353 earlier pregnancies, only 45 living babies; with the drug, they produced 56 live babies from only 83 pregnancies. Three Boston doctors reported 43 live babies from 59 pregnancies in diabetic women (including 41 severe cases). Delalutin must be injected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Regulating Pregnancy | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

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