Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in morbidly obese males is reversed after bariatric surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1835-1842

  Pellitero, Silvia ^a   Olaizola, Izaskun ^a   Alastrue, Antoni ^b   Martínez, Eva ^a   Granada, María Luisa ^b   Balibrea, Jose María ^b   Moreno, Pau ^b   Serra, Assumpta ^a   Navarro Díaz, Maruja ^a   Romero, Ramon ^a   Puig Domingo, Manel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Hypogonadism; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; ESTRADIOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; PROLACTIN; REFERENCE VALUES; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84878824993     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-012-0734-9     Document Type: Article

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