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Phase 2 trial of leuprorelin in patients with spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy.
Annals of neurology - 1 Feb 2009
Banno Haruhiko, Katsuno Masahisa, Suzuki Keisuke, Takeuchi Yu, Kawashima Motoshi, Suga Noriaki, Takamori Motoko, Ito Mizuki, Nakamura Tomohiko, Matsuo Koji, Yamada Shinichi, Oki Yumiko, Adachi Hiroaki, Minamiyama Makoto, Waza Masahiro, Atsuta Naoki, Watanabe Hirohisa, Fujimoto Yasushi, Nakashima Tsutomu, Tanaka Fumiaki, Doyu Manabu, Sobue Gen
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a hereditary motor neuron disease caused by the expansion of a polyglutamine tract in the androgen receptor (AR). Animal studies have shown that the pathogenesis of SBMA is dependent on serum testosterone level. This study is aimed at evalua...
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