Isolated luteinizing hormone (LH) elevation in a woman with secondary amenorrhea: A clue to the diagnosis of an inhibin B-producing thecoma and insights into the influence of inhibin B on LH

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1097.e9-1097.e12

  Donovan, Lois E ^a,b   Brain, Philippa H ^b   Duggan, Máire A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

amenorrhea; inhibin B; Isolated LH elevation; thecoma

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CASE REPORT; DELIVERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GALACTORRHEA; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IN VIVO STUDY; LAPAROTOMY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; MITOSIS RATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; SELLA TURCICA; SEX CORD TUMOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STROMA CELL; THECOMA; THYROID GLAND EXAMINATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 77955582040     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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