title: RU486 and the early nineties.
abstract: RU486 is a very powerful antisteroid hormone compound. Its antiprogestin activity particularly leads to clinical application in reproductive medicine. Its use for voluntary pregnancy interruption is only one aspect of its medical potentiality.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U33 (Communications Hormonales), Université Paris-Sud, Bicêtre, France.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Baulieu
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D006801:Humans; D015735:Mifepristone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011372:Progestins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011372:Progestins; D015735:Mifepristone