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  • abbreviation luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone

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  • initialism Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone

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  • Drugs in this category include danazol (Danocrine), leuprolide acetate (the same medicines used to treat endometriosis), and a promising new treatment called LHRH.

    Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

  • Short secreted peptides were known to function as hormones, circulating throughout the bloodstream and affecting multiple target organs, but the Jans provided the first definitive evidence that a peptide known as LHRH could also be released by nerve terminals in response to neural activity and could regulate the electrical activity of other nearby neurons.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • Short secreted peptides were known to function as hormones, circulating throughout the bloodstream and affecting multiple target organs, but the Jans provided the first definitive evidence that a peptide known as LHRH could also be released by nerve terminals in response to neural activity and could regulate the electrical activity of other nearby neurons.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • Short secreted peptides were known to function as hormones, circulating throughout the bloodstream and affecting multiple target organs, but the Jans provided the first definitive evidence that a peptide known as LHRH could also be released by nerve terminals in response to neural activity and could regulate the electrical activity of other nearby neurons.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • Short secreted peptides were known to function as hormones, circulating throughout the bloodstream and affecting multiple target organs, but the Jans provided the first definitive evidence that a peptide known as LHRH could also be released by nerve terminals in response to neural activity and could regulate the electrical activity of other nearby neurons.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • For example, a comparison of amino acid sequences of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) from several species showed (on the evolutionary view) that amphibians and mammals are more closely related than reptiles and mammals (King and Millar 1979).

    Experts in creationism trials -- Shallit be? - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • It will include up to 64 patients, both male and female, with advanced LHRH-receptor positive urothelial (bladder) cancer.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • He identified and led the development of Zoladex®, the LHRH agonist for the first line treatment of advanced prostate cancer.

    GTx Appoints Dr. Barry Furr to the Board of Directors - Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • Various injectable depot formulations including long-acting solid injectable implants for LHRH-agonist and microsphere formulations for several therapeutic proteins are currently under development.

    PR.com Press Releases Nanomi 2010

  • Watson also has submitted a New Drug Application for a 6-month formulation of Trelstar (R) (triptorelin pamoate), a luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist for the palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

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