COMPARISON BETWEEN HUMAN URINARY FOLLICLE-STIMULATING-HORMONE AND HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN TREATMENT IN POLYCYSTIC OVARY

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 63  (1) , 6-11
Abstract
Five infertile patients with polycystic ovarian disease were treated to induce ovulation with pure human urinary FSH and human menopausal gonadotropin consisting of FSH and luteinizing hormone [LH] in 1:1 ratio. No substantial differences were seen between the 2 types of treatment regarding plasma values of FSH, prolactin, testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, progesterone, and 17-hydroxyprogesterone. Estrone, estradiol, and androstenedione values were higher during human urinary FSH treatments. LH levels dropped in both treatments, but the fall was greater during human urinary FSH. No real differences were observed concerning number of ovulations, length of treatments, and FSH amounts administered; no hyperstimulations were observed. The observation that more controlled responses of the ovaries can be elicited when low LH gonadotropin preparations are used was not confirmed.

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