Inhibin B secretion in males with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) deficiency before and during long-term GnRH replacement: Relationship to spontaneous puberty, testicular volume, and prior treatment - A clinical research center study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3520-3525

  Nachtigall, Lisa B ^a   Boepple, Paul A ^a   Seminara, Stephanie B ^a   Khoury, Rita H ^a   Sluss, Patrick M ^a   Lecain, Amy E ^a   Crowley Jr , William F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; FERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PERIODICITY; PUBERTY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0029798598     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.10.3520     Document Type: Article

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