Follitropin (FSH) deficiency in an infertile male due to FSHβ gene mutation. A syndrome of normal puberty and virilization but underdeveloped testicles with azoospermia, low FSH but high lutropin and normal serum testosterone concentrations

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 663-665

  Lindstedt, Göran ^a,b   Nyström, Ernst ^a   Matthews, Clare ^a   Ernest, Ingrid ^a   Janson, Per Olof ^b   Chatterjee, Krishna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biochemical evaluation; Disulphide bonds; Inhibin B; Male infertility; Medical diagnosis; Mutation; Peptide biosynthesis; Selective gonadotrophin deficiency; Testicular development

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; INHIBIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISULFIDE BOND; GENE MUTATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIBIDO; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PUBERTY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; VIRILIZATION;

ADULT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PUBERTY; SYNDROME; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031712880     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.1998.118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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