Fertile Eunuch Syndrome with the Mutations (Trp8Arg and Ile15Thr) in the β Subunit of Luteinizing Hormone

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 733-737

  Shiraishi, Koji ^a,b   Naito, Katsusuke ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Shimonoseki Gen Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertile eunuch syndrome; LH ; Mutation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EUNUCHOIDISM; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PASQUALINI SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VIRILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARGININE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY; DNA; EUNUCHISM; FERTILITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; ISOLEUCINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MALE; MUTATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNDROME; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0942276910     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.50.733     Document Type: Article

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