"Leuprolide" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A potent synthetic long-acting agonist of GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE that regulates the synthesis and release of pituitary gonadotropins, LUTEINIZING HORMONE and FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE.
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D016729
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.327.740.320.400 D12.644.400.400.740.320.400 D12.644.456.460.480 D12.644.548.365.740.320.400 D12.776.631.650.405.740.320.400
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leuprolide" by people in Profiles.
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Apoplexy in non functioning pituitary adenoma after one dose of leuprolide as treatment for prostate cancer. Pituitary. 2010; 13(1):54-9.
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Iron deficiency in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int. 2009 Apr; 75(7):752-4.
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A phase 3, multicenter, open label, randomized study of abarelix versus leuprolide plus daily antiandrogen in men with prostate cancer. J Urol. 2002 Apr; 167(4):1670-4.
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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues in the treatment of sickle cell anemia-associated priapism. J Urol. 1993 Aug; 150(2 Pt 1):475-7.