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Spontaneous fertility in a male patient with testotoxicosis despite suppression of FSH levels.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 May 2018
Cunha-Silva M, Brito V N, Macedo D B, Bessa D S, Ramos C O, Lima L G, Barroso P S, Arnhold I J P, Segaloff D L, Mendonca B B, Latronico A C
Abstract excerpt
Testotoxicosis is a rare cause of peripheral precocious puberty in boys caused by constitutively activating mutations of the LHCG receptor. Affected males usually have normal gonadotropin profiles and fertility in their adult life. Here, we described the long-term follow-up of a 24-year-old young man with severe testotoxicosis due to a de novo activating mutation in the third transmembrane helix of the LHCGR...
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