Testicular anti-Müllerian hormone secretion is stimulated by recombinant human FSH in patients with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 724-728

  Young, Jacques ^a   Chanson, Philippe ^a   Salenave, Sylvie ^a   Noël, Michèle ^b   Brailly, Sylvie ^a   O'Flaherty, Martín ^c   Schaison, Gilbert ^a   Rey, Rodolfo ^d  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^d HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE; GLYCOPROTEIN; INHIBIN; MULLERIAN INHIBITING HORMONE; MULLERIAN-INHIBITING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TESTIS PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SERTOLI CELL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; HISTOLOGY; HYPOGONADISM; KALLMANN SYNDROME; MUELLERIAN DUCT; SECRETION; TESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INHIBINS; KALLMANN SYNDROME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MULLERIAN DUCTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TESTICULAR HORMONES; TESTIS;

EID: 14044272890     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-0542     Document Type: Article

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