DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE OF SERUM LH IN HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM AND DELAYED PUBERTY TO LH-RH STIMULATION BEFORE AND AFTER CLOMIPHENE CITRATE ADMINISTRATION.
- 1 March 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Vol. 44 (3) , 603-606
- https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem-44-3-603
Abstract
The differential diagnosis between hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and delayed puberty is facilitated by comparing the response of gonadotropins to LH-RH stimulation before and after administration of clomiphene citrate 200 mg daily during 7 days. Premedication of clomiphene citrate depresses peak values of LH and FSH on LH-RH in delayed puberty. In hypogonadotropic hypogonadism clomiphene citrate raises LH-RH induced peak LH while FSH does not change.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: