Abstract
Synthetic LH RH was infused in 2 siblings with multiple tropic hormone deficiencies and dwarfism and another patient with monotropic deficiency of hGH. A minimal response in plasma LH levels was observed in the patients with idiopathic hypopituitarism. The other individual with isolated hGH deficiency, however, showed an abrupt increase in plasma LH level with a characteristic time course (peak at 30 min after the injection). When LH RH was given by intravenous drip over a period of 8 hr, followed by an injection of 200 μg of synthetic LH RH, plasma LH in the patients with multiple deficiencies rose from a basal level of 6.9 mIU/ml to 10.8 mIU/ml (case one) and 2.5 mIU/ml to 8.3 mIU/ml (case two). The absence of a significant response after a single injection of LH RH could be the result of chronic deprivation of LH RH due to a hypothalamic lesion in these patients.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 972-976 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| State | Published - Dec 1 1973 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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Characterization of the LH response to luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LH RH) in isolated and multiple tropic hormone deficiencies. / Medeiros Neto, G. A.; Toledo, S. P A; Pupo, A. A.; Sucupira, M. S.; Fraige-Filho, F.; Mattar, E.; Kastin, A. J.; Schally, Andrew V.
In: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol. 37, No. 6, 01.12.1973, p. 972-976.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of the LH response to luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LH RH) in isolated and multiple tropic hormone deficiencies
AU - Medeiros Neto, G. A.
AU - Toledo, S. P A
AU - Pupo, A. A.
AU - Sucupira, M. S.
AU - Fraige-Filho, F.
AU - Mattar, E.
AU - Kastin, A. J.
AU - Schally, Andrew V
PY - 1973/12/1
Y1 - 1973/12/1
N2 - Synthetic LH RH was infused in 2 siblings with multiple tropic hormone deficiencies and dwarfism and another patient with monotropic deficiency of hGH. A minimal response in plasma LH levels was observed in the patients with idiopathic hypopituitarism. The other individual with isolated hGH deficiency, however, showed an abrupt increase in plasma LH level with a characteristic time course (peak at 30 min after the injection). When LH RH was given by intravenous drip over a period of 8 hr, followed by an injection of 200 μg of synthetic LH RH, plasma LH in the patients with multiple deficiencies rose from a basal level of 6.9 mIU/ml to 10.8 mIU/ml (case one) and 2.5 mIU/ml to 8.3 mIU/ml (case two). The absence of a significant response after a single injection of LH RH could be the result of chronic deprivation of LH RH due to a hypothalamic lesion in these patients.
AB - Synthetic LH RH was infused in 2 siblings with multiple tropic hormone deficiencies and dwarfism and another patient with monotropic deficiency of hGH. A minimal response in plasma LH levels was observed in the patients with idiopathic hypopituitarism. The other individual with isolated hGH deficiency, however, showed an abrupt increase in plasma LH level with a characteristic time course (peak at 30 min after the injection). When LH RH was given by intravenous drip over a period of 8 hr, followed by an injection of 200 μg of synthetic LH RH, plasma LH in the patients with multiple deficiencies rose from a basal level of 6.9 mIU/ml to 10.8 mIU/ml (case one) and 2.5 mIU/ml to 8.3 mIU/ml (case two). The absence of a significant response after a single injection of LH RH could be the result of chronic deprivation of LH RH due to a hypothalamic lesion in these patients.
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