Article
Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in females: clinical spectrum, evaluation and genetics.
Annales d'endocrinologie - 1 May 2010
Bry-Gauillard H, Trabado S, Bouligand J, Sarfati J, Francou B, Salenave S, Chanson P, Brailly-Tabard S, Guiochon-Mantel A, Young J
Abstract excerpt
Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadisms (CHH) are a well-known cause of pubertal development failure in women. In a majority of patients, the clinical spectrum results from an insufficient and concomitant secretion of both pituitary gonadotropins LH and FSH that impedes a normal endocrine and exocrine cyclical ovary functioning after the age of pubertal activation of gonadotropic axis. In exceptional but...
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