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Medical castration in men: the first clinical application of LHRH agonists

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Discovery of LHRH1,2 and the availability of its potent agonistic analogues has led to a rapid increase in our knowledge of the pituitary-gonadal axis and has offered new and exciting therapeutic approaches in reproductive endocrinology as well as in sex steroid-dependent diseases.

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  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Trinity College Unit, Rotunda Hospital, Dublin 2, Ireland

    John Bonnar

  3. Department of Midwifery and Gynaecology, Queen’s University Belfast, BT9 7AE, Belfast, Northern Ireland

    William Thompson

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Labrie, F., Bélanger, A., Dupont, A., St-Arnaud, R. (1984). Medical castration in men: the first clinical application of LHRH agonists. In: Harrison, R.F., Bonnar, J., Thompson, W. (eds) Fertility and Sterility. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1308-1_3

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