Isolated Deficiency of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Re-Revisited
- 28 August 1997
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 337 (9) , 642
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199708283370918
Abstract
In 1972, Rabin et al. described the case of an Israeli woman with primary amenorrhea due to an isolated deficiency of follicle-stimulating hormone.1 They “revisited” the case in 1979 and reported that treatment with gonadotropin had induced ovulation and resulted in pregnancy.2Keywords
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