Leuprolide is a synthetic 9-residue peptide analogue of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). Unlike the endogenous decapeptide GnRH, leuprolide contains a single D-amino acid (D-leucyl) residue, which helps to increase its circulating half-life from three to four minutes to approximately three hours. As a GnRH mimic, leuprolide is capable of binding to the...
Leuprolide is indicated for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer and as palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer.
It is also used for the treatment of pediatric patients with central precocious puberty (CPP).
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Professor Jacques IRANI, Poitiers, France
Southeastern Urology Center, PA, Tallahassee, Florida, United States
Chesapeake Urology Associates, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Urology Associates Research, Englewood, Colorado, United States
University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain
Clinica Obstetrica - Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Policlinico Universitario Federico II, Napoli, Italy
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Federation d'Endocrinologie, Hopital NeuroCardiologique, Bron, France
Centre MédicoPsychologique CMPG21, EPS Perray Vaucluse, Paris, France
Service de Psychiatrie, Hopital Foch, Suresnes, France
Baylor College of Medicine - Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office, Barcelona, Spain
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