Reassessment of the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Stimulation Test in Hypogonadal Males
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Archives of Andrology
- Vol. 8 (1) , 53-59
- https://doi.org/10.3109/01485018208987018
Abstract
Eight normal and 17 hypogonadal males were injected with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). In normal males at 48 h testosterone and estradiol became, respectively, 160 and 338% of basal values. In hypogonadal males at 48 h testosterone and estradiol became, respectively, 211 and 127 % of basal values. No changes occurred in serum TSH, serum thyroxine T and triiodothyronine. The success of long-term therapy with hCG in 5 patients was predicted by the test.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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