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Dihydrotestosterone Suppression
Any therapeutic procedure that employs an inhibitor of 3-oxo-5-alpha-steroid 4-dehydrogenases, and results in reduced production of dihydrotestosterone from testosterone. Dihydrotestosterone suppression is used to treat the symptoms of benign prostatic hypertrophy. (NCI Thesaurus)
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