Disparate response of wild-type and variant forms of LH to GnRH stimulation in individuals heterozygous for the LHβ variant allele

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 230-235

  Nilsson, C H ^a   Kaleva, M ^a   Virtanen, H ^a   Haavisto, A M ^a   Pettersson, K ^a   Huhtaniemi, I T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioassay; GnRH stimulation test; Immunoassay; Luteinizing hormone; Variant

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TRYPTOPHAN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; PROVOCATION TEST; WEIGHT;

EID: 0035138039     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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