See Also: Pascack Valley Hospital(health)
Valley Health(health)
Valley Health System(health)
Citrus Valley Health Partners(health)
Deerfield Valley Health Center(health)
Klickitat Valley Health Services(health)
Beaver Valley Mental Health(health)
Sioux Valley Health System(health)
Sewickley Valley Hospital Health(health)
Cape Fear Valley Health System(health)

Pascack Valley Hospital (health) and estrin (medicine)


Pascack Valley Hospital (health)


Pascack Valley Hospital is a hospital in Westwood, New Jersey (USA).









estrin (medicine)


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oestrogen
<endocrinology, hormone> A generic term for oestrus producing steroid compounds, the female sex hormones.

In humans, oestrogen is formed in the ovary, possibly the adrenal cortex, the testis and the foetoplacental unit, it has various functions in both sexes. It is responsible for the development of the female secondary sex characteristics and during the menstrual cycle it acts on the female genitalia to produce an environment suitable for the fertilization, implantation and Nutrition of the early embryo.

Oestrogen is used in oral contraceptives and as a palliative in cancer of the breast after menopause and cancer of the prostate, Other uses include the relief of the discomforts of menopause, inhibition of lactation and treatment of osteoporosis, threatened abortion and various functional ovarian disorders.