Gonadal function in male and female patients with classic galactosemia

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-188

  Rubio Gozalbo, M E ^a   Gubbels, C S ^a   Bakker, J A ^a   Menheere, P P C A ^a   Wodzig, W K W H ^a   Land, J A ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FSH; Galactosemia; Gonads; Ovarian dysfunction; Testicular function

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CLOMIFENE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE;

AMENORRHEA; CONGENITAL DISORDER OF GLYCOSYLATION TYPE 1; CRYPTORCHISM; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; GALACTOSEMIA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GALACTOSEMIAS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, FSH; TESTIS;

EID: 77950129322     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmp038     Document Type: Review

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