THE HCG STIMULATION TEST IN MEN WITH TESTICULAR DISORDERS
- 1 November 1975
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Endocrinology
- Vol. 4 (6) , 591-596
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.1975.tb01928.x
Abstract
SUMMARY: The rise in plasma testosterone levels following stimulation with human chorionic gonadotrophin (3000 i.u./day for 4 days) has been used as a test of interstitial cell function in normal men and men with testicular disorders. The large majority of patients with testicular disorders resulting in infertility, showed a subnormal testosterone response to stimulation. The most marked impairment was noted in those patients with the biopsy appearance of germinal cell arrest and Sertoli cell only syndrome.Keywords
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