...; and QUICKI score increased in the RESMENA group ( p <0.05). There was no statistical difference in the androgen levels of the control group compared to the baseline. In the RESMENA group, there were a significant decrease in total testosterone, free testosterone, 17-OH progesterone, androstenedione, LH...

...Brittany K. Wise-Oringer; Anne Claire Burghard; Patrick O’Day; Abeer Hassoun; Aviva B. Sopher; Ilene Fennoy; Kristen M. Williams; Patricia M. Vuguin; Renu Nandakumar; Donald J. McMahon; Richard J. Auchus; Sharon E. Oberfield Introduction: Recent studies have shown 11-oxygenated androgens (11oAs...

...Adina F. Turcu; Aya T. Nanba; Richard J. Auchus The 11-oxyandrogens, particularly 11-ketotestosterone, have been recognized as a biologically important gonadal androgen in teleost (bony) fishes for decades, and their presence in human beings has been known but poorly understood. Today, we recognize...

... it is also beneficial for gynecomastia associated with endocrine disorders. Here, we report the effect of tamoxifen on pubertal gynecomastia in 2 siblings with partial androgen insensitivity syndrome (PAIS). Case Reports: Cases 1 and 2 presented with persistent pubertal gynecomastia at 13 and 16 years of age...

... androgen, Ox (0.06 mg/kg p.o., daily) (maximum dose of 3.75 mg) or (2) Pl, both supplied by Bio-Technology General Corporation, Iselin, N.J., USA (fig. 1 ). Subjects were asked to record daily treatment in a patient diary. All study participants also received GH (Humatrope, donated by Eli Lilly & Co...

...Saila Laakso; Pauliina Utriainen; Markku Laakso; Raimo Voutilainen; Jarmo Jääskeläinen Background: The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ2 (PPARγ2) participates in the regulation of insulin sensitivity, and has connections to the GH-IGF system and ACTH-adrenal androgen axis. We...

.... Androgen Amniocentesis Development Genetic counselling Hypergonadotropic hypogonadism Klinefelter syndrome Puberty Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is a sex chromosomal syndrome that was described by Klinefelter et al. in 1942 [ 1 ]. Jacobs and Strong first reported the 47,XXY karyotype in a patient...

..., quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Androgen Growth Short stature Aromatase inhibitor Results from studies...

... in situ hybridization to determine the expression of P-450 C17 in the rat graafian follicle. The experiments demonstrated the potential for rec-FSH to influence LH-responsive androgen synthesis (via a paracrine mechanism) which involves an up-regulation of thecal P-450 C17 mRNA. Inhibin is a strong...

...). P 4 and pregnenolone (P 5 ) in conditioned culture media were quantified by their specific RIAs. In the absence of gonadotropins, P 4 in media with androgens were not significantly different from controls. In the presence of LH, the addition of testosterone (10 -10 , 10 -8 M ), androstenedione (10...

..., Rihachi Iizukaa Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Keio University; ''Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Kyourin University, Tokyo, Japan Key Words. Inhibin Polycystic ovary syndrome LH FSH Androgen Abstract. Human follicular fluids from normal...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Androgen Metabolism Genital skin HPLC 17β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 5α-Reductase Development Horm Res 1989;32...

... advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Androgen Testis Oral contraceptives Fetus...

...Maguelone G. Forest During fetal development, androgens exert long-term effects which are either organizational on specific organs during a critical phase of morphogenesis (e.g. sexual differentiation of external genitalia), or programming neural functions or enzyme activities expressed later...

... of testosterone-treated animals. Flutamide Anti-androgen Androgen Testosterone Pituitary-ovarian axis Ovulation Corpus luteum 21 03 1978 27 11 1978 25 11 2008 © 1979 S. Karger AG, Basel 1979 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part...

...P.A. Walker; J. Money Clinical studies of human female hermaphrodites prenatally exposed to certain synthetic progestins, and of female hermaphrodites with the adrenogenital syndrome, complement experimental studies of animals prenatally exposed to androgens. The clinical data on human females...

..., androgen, vitamin D, and leptin. Many of these signals regulate growth plate function, both by acting locally on growth plate chondrocytes and also indirectly by modulating other endocrine signals in the network. Some of the local effects of hormones are mediated by changes in paracrine factors...

...Meir Lampit; Ze’ev Hochberg Background/Aims: Two modalities of androgen therapy prevail in the treatment of constitutional delay of growth (CDG): monthly injections of testosterone or daily tablets of the non-aromatizable oxandrolone. The present study was undertaken to prospectively compare both...

...). Conclusion: Compared to control girls, PP girls had higher leptin levels for degree of body mass index (PP girls: 9.4 ± 0.6 ng/ml; controls: 7.8 ± 0.6 ng/ml; p = 0.01). In PP girls, serum leptin was inversely related to birthweight (r = –0.32, p = 0.01) and positively related to free androgen index (FAI) (r...

...Francis de Zegher; Hugo Devlieger; Roger Eeckels At term birth, boys are heavier than girls. This difference is thought to be generated in part by androgen action; its time course has not been deciphered. Androgen action may not only increase weight gain, but may also alter its time course. We have...