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Genetic variant of luteinizing hormone: impact on gonadal steroid sex hormones in women.
Physiological research - 1 Jan 2001
Hill M, Huhtaniemi I T, Hampl R, Stárka L
Abstract excerpt
A common variant of the LHbeta subunit has a varying prevalence in various ethnic groups. The consequences of the presence of mutated luteinizing hormone (LH) concern borderline alterations in pituitary/gonadal function that could be mediated by an altered action of variant LH on gonadal steroidogenesis. A comparison of plasma concentrations of gonadal steroid sex hormones was completed in women heterozygous for...
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