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Regulation of Male Fertility pp 15–24Cite as

Inhibin: New Gonadal Hormone

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Part of the book series: Clinics in Andrology ((CLAN,volume 5))

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Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) are secreted independently of each other under various physiologic and pathologic conditions (Franchimont and Burger, 1975). Thus, at the onset of the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle, FSH levels are elevated and progressively decrease, while those of LH are very low at the beginning of the cycle but increase gradually as the follicle develops. During the premenopausal period, FSH levels increase markedly without any change in LH (Korenman and Sherman, 1976). Once the menopause has occurred, FSH levels are clearly higher than those found during the menstrual cycle. In contrast, LH levels, while also being increased, rarely reach concentrations higher than those seen during the ovulatory peak in the menstrual cycle.

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  1. Baylor College of Medicine, Veterans Administration Center, 2002 Holcome Blvd., Houston, TX, 77211, USA

    G. R. Cunningham

  2. Andrology Unit of the Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, D-8000, Munich 2, Frauenlobstr. 9-11, West Germany

    W.-B. Schill

  3. Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Medical Research Building, 550 E. Canfield Ave., Detroit, MI, 48201, USA

    E. S. E. Hafez

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Franchimont, P., Demoulin, A., Verstraelen-Proyard, J., Hazee-Hagelstein, M.T., Bourguignon, J.P. (1980). Inhibin: New Gonadal Hormone. In: Cunningham, G.R., Schill, WB., Hafez, E.S.E. (eds) Regulation of Male Fertility. Clinics in Andrology, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8875-0_2

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