Treatment of isolated gonadotropin deficiency in men with synthetic LR-RH and a more potent analogue of LH-RH.
Neuroendocrinology, 1977;24(3-4):195-207.
Tharandt L, Schulte H, Benker G, Hackenberg K, Reinwein D
PMID: 345145
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Abstract
Six patients with idiopathic isolated gonadotropin deficiency (IGD) were treated with 100 microgram LH-RH s.c. 3 times daily, leading to subnormal increases of serum gonadotropin (Gn) and testosterone (T) levels, and promoting puberty from stage I to stage II-III of TANNER. S.c. administration of 100 microgram of the more potent and longer-lasting analogue 6-D-Leu-10-Des-Gly-ethylamide-LH-RH induced LH and FSH rises after the very first application in these patients for more than 12 h. However, long-term therapy with the analogue (100 microgram s.c./day) did not improve hypogonadism. Paradoxically, on daily treatment (8 patients) with 6-D-Leu-10-Des-Gly-ethylamide-LH-RH the FSH serum levels fell after 1 week and the LH levels after 8 weeks of treatment.
MeSH terms
Adolescent; Adult; Female; Follicle Stimulating Hormone; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; Gonadotropins, Pituitary; Hormones; Humans; Luteinizing Hormone; Male; Testosterone
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