Resumption of luteinizing hormone pulsatility and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism after endoscopic ventriculocisternostomy in a hydrocephalic patient

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 390-393

  Touraine, Philippe ^a   Plu Bureau, Geneviève ^a   Beressi, Nathalie ^b   Decq, Philippe ^c   Thalabard, Jean Christophe ^a   Kuttenn, Frédérique ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism; LH pulsatility; Secondary amenorrhea; Ventriculocisternostomy

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; MENSTRUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; PULSE GENERATOR; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOGONADISM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PULSATILE FLOW; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0034908496     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)01877-5     Document Type: Article

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4. Identification of pulses in hormone time series using outlier detection methods