Original Article

A Comparison of Hormone Therapies for Suppression of Lactation

Authors: WILLIAM S. WOMACK M.D., STEDMAN W. SMITH M.D., GLADYS M. ALLEN M.D., ROBERT L. BAKER M.D., OSBORNE D. CHRISTENSEN M.D., JAMES P. GALLAHER M.D., I RIVERS HANSON M.D., WILLIAM B. SMITH M.D., ANDRES C. GOMEZ M.D.

Abstract

For women who do not wish to feed their infants at the breast, gonadal steroids may be used quite successfully to suppress the pituitary's lactogenic hormone.

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