edited by B.H. Vickery, J.J. Nestor, E.S.E. Hafez.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dordrecht
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Netherlands
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1984
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(500 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Advances in reproductive health care, 1.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Section I. Chemistry and Basic Reproductive Properties --;1 Development of agonistic LHRH analogs --;2 LHRH analogs as antiovulatory agents --;3 LHRH agonists and antagonists containing very hydrophobic amino acids --;4 Pharmacological regulation of pituitary LHRH receptors --;Section II. Reproductive Physiology and Pharmacology in Laboratory Animals --;5 Biological assays utilized to characterize LHRH and its analogs --;6 Male contraceptive potential of nafarelin acetate assessed in the dog --;7 Male fertility control with an LHRH agonist: primate studies --;8 LHRH agonists for control of female fertility: primate studies --;9 LHRH antagonists in rhesus and cynomolgus monkeys --;10 LHRH antagonists in females --;11 Biological evaluation of a highly potent LHRH antagonist --;12 LHRH antagonists for male contraception --;Section III. Extrahypophysial Parameters --;13 Direct antigonadal actions of LHRH --;14 Direct gonadal stimulation with LHRH --;15 Antisteroidal actions of LHRH agonists --;Section IV. Contraception in Women --;16 LHRH agonists for female contraception --;17 Postcoital contraception with intranasal buserelin --;18 Antifertility by discontinuous treatment with buserelin in women --;19 Risks and benefits of LHRH agonists as antifertility agents --;Section V. Contraception in Men --;20 Effects of nafarelin acetate in men --;21 Antifertility effects of an LHRH agonist in men --;Section VI. Human Therapeutic Applications --;22 LHRH therapy for hypogonadotropic hypogonadal men --;23 Correction of infertility with LHRH agonists in the male --;24 LHRH analog therapy of precocious puberty --;25 LHRH analogs for human mammary carcinoma --;26 Buserelin therapy for prostatic carcinoma --;27 Leuprolide therapy for prostatic carcinoma --;Section VII. Diagnostic Applications of Lhrh --;28 Diagnostic uses of LHRH --;Section VIII. Applications in Animals --;29 Actions of LHRH and its analogs in lower vertebrates --;30 LHRH and analogs in relation to livestock --;Section IX. Metabolic Parameters --;31 Enzymatic degradation of LHRH and analogs --;32 Metabolism of [d-Trp6]LHRH --;33 Absorption and metabolism of LHRH and analogs --;Section X. Perspectives --;34 Prospects for LHRH analogs as contraceptives --;35 The therapeutic potential of LHRH and LHRH analogs --;36 Epilog --;J.J. Nestor Jr.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
In order to track this expanding field, I was asked to organize an international symposium on basic and clinical aspects of LHRH analogs as part of the Reproductive Health Care: CDS Symposium held in Maui, Hawaii, in October 1982.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Diabetes.
Gynecology.
Medicine.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
RG137
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6
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L78
Book number
E358
1984
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
edited by B.H. Vickery, J.J. Nestor, E.S.E. Hafez.