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releasing hormone
n a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland
n any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone
New Paper Indicates a Potential Fifty-Percent Reduction in Cardiac Events for Prostate Cancer Patients with Pre ... A paper published today in European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, indicates that the gonadotropin releasing hormone antagonist degarelix , may halve the relative risk of cardiovascular events and death in men with pre-existing CV disease compared to treatment with commonly prescribed luteinising hormone-releasing hormone agonists.
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