"Finasteride" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An orally active 3-OXO-5-ALPHA-STEROID 4-DEHYDROGENASE inhibitor. It is used as a surgical alternative for treatment of benign PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA.
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D018120
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.054.079.500 D04.210.500.925.100.250
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Finasteride" by people in Profiles.
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Moinpour CM, Darke AK, Donaldson GW, Cespedes D, Johnson CR, Ganz PA, Patrick DL, Ware JE, Shumaker SA, Meyskens FL, Thompson IM. Health-related quality-of-life findings for the prostate cancer prevention trial. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2012 Sep 19; 104(18):1373-85.
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White DL, Hashmi A, Ramsey DJ, Kuzniarek J, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, El-Serag HB. Finasteride and methadone use and risk of advanced hepatitis C related liver disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2012 Nov; 57(11):3004-10.
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Sarkar J, Wakefield S, MacKenzie G, Moss SJ, Maguire J. Neurosteroidogenesis is required for the physiological response to stress: role of neurosteroid-sensitive GABAA receptors. J Neurosci. 2011 Dec 14; 31(50):18198-210.
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Moinpour CM, Darke AK, Donaldson GW, Thompson IM, Langley C, Ankerst DP, Patrick DL, Ware JE, Ganz PA, Shumaker SA, Lippman SM, Coltman CA. Longitudinal analysis of sexual function reported by men in the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007 Jul 04; 99(13):1025-35.
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Dadras SS, Cai X, Abasolo I, Wang Z. Inhibition of 5alpha-reductase in rat prostate reveals differential regulation of androgen-response gene expression by testosterone and dihydrotestosterone. Gene Expr. 2001; 9(4-5):183-94.