TREATMENT OF EUNUCHOIDAL MEN WITH HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPHIN AND FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE

in Journal of Endocrinology
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A. C. CROOKE
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A. G. DAVIES
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SUMMARY

Large doses of human chorionic gonadotrophin and human pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone were given singly and in combination to six eunuchoidal men. None had an increased excretion of urinary gonadotrophin before treatment.

Histological examination of the testicles showed very immature germinal epithelium in five of the patients before treatment. Spermatozoa were found histologically in three patients, only after combined treatment with both gonadotrophins. Low concentrations of spermatozoa appeared in semen from two of these patients.

One patient was found to have histological evidence of spermatogenesis before treatment but was unable to produce semen. Treatment with chorionic gonadotrophin alone enabled him to produce semen containing up to 15,000,000 spermatozoa per ml.

Significant increases were found in the urinary levels of a variety of steroids and in total body potassium after treatment with chorionic gonadotrophin and a variable amount of somatic development took place.

 

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