THE EXCRETION OF FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE BY PATIENTS TREATED WITH GONADOTROPHINS

in Journal of Endocrinology
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M. MORELL
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A. C. CROOKE
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SUMMARY

The excretion of injected pituitary and urinary follicle-stimulating hormone was studied in 13 patients with secondary amenorrhoea. The average recovery in the urine was 8·0% and did not depend on the dose given (whether it was given in single or multiple injections) or on the source of the hormone. There was a trend toward higher recoveries in patients with high control levels of gonadotrophin in their urine and in those who did not show signs of ovulation after treatment.

 

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