Article
Follicle-stimulating hormone ligand and receptor mutations, and gonadal dysfunction.
Archives of medical research - 1 Jan 2000
Levallet J, Pakarinen P, Huhtaniemi I T
Abstract excerpt
In contrast to the general contention, infertility can be an inherited condition. Some of the genetic causes of male and female infertility have turned out to be due to inactivating mutations in the gonadotropin and gonadotropin receptor genes. The topic of the present text is to review current knowledge on mutations affecting the function of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). This gonadotropin, by binding to...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
