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Insensitivity to protein hormones can be due to a variety of mechanisms. In the human, ovarian resistance to PMSG has been known for a long time: it is related to the development of antibodies to this foreign protein.
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Netter, A.P., Lambert, A.E. (1984). Gonadotrophin-resistant ovaries: a desensitization syndrome?. In: de Brux, J., Gautray, JP. (eds) Clinical Pathology of the Endocrine Ovary. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1129-2_12
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