Prediction of testosterone response to human chorionic gonadotrophin in idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism patients

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-76

  Yazici, Mahmut ^a   Sahin, Mustafa ^a,b   Bolu, Erol ^a   Uckaya, Gokhan ^a   Gok, Deniz Engin ^a   Taslipinar, Abdullah ^a   Ozgurtas, Taner ^a   Kutlu, Mustafa ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b School of Medicine   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MARKER; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEIGHT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT;

EID: 61449158740     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30814-2     Document Type: Article

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