Pulsatile gonadotropin secretion after discontinuation of long term gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) administration in a subset of GnRH-deficient men

JS FINKELSTEIN, DI SPRATT… - The Journal of …, 1989 - academic.oup.com
Normal pituitary and gonadal function can be maintained with long term pulsatile GnRH
administration in men with idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (IHH), and both …

Effects of increasing the frequency of low doses of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) on gonadotropin secretion in GnRH-deficient men

DI SPRATT, JS FINKELSTEIN… - The Journal of …, 1987 - academic.oup.com
The effects of increasing the frequency of pulsatile GnRH administration on LH and FSH
responsiveness were studied in five GnRH-deficient men who had achieved normal sex …

Administration of low dose pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) to GnRH-deficient men regulates free α-subunit secretion

DI SPRATT, WW CHIN, EC RIDGWAYS… - The Journal of …, 1986 - academic.oup.com
Although pharmacological doses of GnRH and TRH stimulate free α-subunit (α-subunit)
secretion from the pituitary, little is known about the pattern and control of asubunit release …

Idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in men: dependence of the hormone responses to gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) on the magnitude of the …

AL BARKAN, NE REAME, RP KELCH… - The Journal of …, 1985 - academic.oup.com
Idiopathic isolated gonadotropin deficiency (IGD) is associated with a spectrum of clinical
findings as well as variable gonadotropin responses to GnRH. In this study we investigated …

Pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone in gonadotropin deficient and normal men: suppression of follicle-stimulating hormone responses by testosterone

TW Valk, KP Corley, RP Kelch… - The Journal of Clinical …, 1981 - academic.oup.com
To determine the role of testosterone (T) in modulating gonadotropin secretion during sexual
maturation, we studied males with isolated gonadotropin deficiency (IGD) before and during …

The spectrum of abnormal patterns of gonadotropin releasing hormone secretion in men with idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism: clinical and laboratory …

DI SPRATT, DB CARR, GR MERRIAM… - The Journal of …, 1987 - academic.oup.com
Several lines of evidence indicate that hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal activity varies among
men with idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (IHH). To test the hypothesis that a …

Contour of the GnRH pulse independently modulates gonadotropin secretion in the human male

FP Pralong, PA Boepple, M Conn, RW Whitcomb… - …, 1996 - karger.com
GnRH pulse frequency, amplitude, and interpulse interval have all been demonstrated to
regulate gonadotropin secretion individually. We tested the hypothesis that the contour of …

Bio-and immunoactive luteinizing hormone responses to low doses of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH): dose-response curves in GnRH-deficient men

DI SPRATT, JS FINKELSTEIN… - The Journal of …, 1986 - academic.oup.com
Previous investigations of the effects of GnRH on pituitary LH responses in normal men
required pharmacological doses of GnRH to avoid the confounding effects of endogenous …

Hypogonadotropic disorders in men and women: diagnosis and therapy with pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone

N Santoro, M Filicori, WF Crowley Jr - Endocrine reviews, 1986 - academic.oup.com
H YPOGONADOTROPIC hypogonadism (HH) is a clinical syndrome occurring in both sexes
which has long puzzled clinicians due to the apparent paradox of nonfunctioning gonads in …

Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism: hormonal responses to low dose pulsatile administration of gonadotropin-releasing hormone

TW Valk, KP Corley, RP Kelch… - The Journal of Clinical …, 1980 - academic.oup.com
Patients with isolated gonadotropin deficiency were studied to determine whether pulsatile
low dose gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) could induce the hormonal changes …