Gonadotropins

Overview

 * Gonadotropins are the hormones capable of promoting gonadal growth and function
 * Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Luteinizing Hormone (LH) are examples of gonadotropins

Increased FSH and LH

 * After radiation therapy
 * Chemotherapeutic therapy
 * Climacterium praecox
 * During menopause or postmenopausal
 * Gonadal dysgenesis
 * Primely hypogonadism
 * Swyer-James Syndrome
 * Turner's Syndrome

Reduced FSH and LH

 * Anorexia Nervosa
 * Hyperprolactinemia
 * Progestogen negative amenorrhea
 * Traumatic or tumorous damage of the pituitary or the hypothalamus

Reduced FSH/LH Quotient

 * Hyperandrogenic ovarial insufficiency
 * Polycystic ovary syndrome

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