Luteal phase deficiency is usually a problem of inadequate progesterone production associated with inadequate ovarian follicular development. The hypothesis that luteal phase deficiency results from an abnormal secretion pattern of luteinizing hormone (LH) was tested in these women. To this end, ...

We have developed an automated procedure for determining bone-age in the monkey, Macaca fascicularis. The status of epiphysial junctions and sesamoids were determined from radiographs. Epiphyses were scored as either open or closed, and sesamoids were scored as either present or absent. Bone-age ...

Fourteen normal volunteers were studied during one menstrual cycle. Follicular development, the luteinizing hormone (LH) surge, and the relationship between LH and progesterone secretion in the luteal phase were studied to determine the factors that control corpus luteum function. Follicular ...

Inhibin has been suggested to play a role in gonadal feedback regulation of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) secretion; however, neither the half-life nor the time course of action of recombinant inhibin has been reported in any primate species. We sought to determine the disappearance half-life ...

Luteal phase deficiency (LPD) is a reproductive disorder associated with infertility and spontaneous abortion. This study was undertaken to determine whether LPD might be related to an abnormal pattern of gonadotropin secretion. We tested this hypothesis by evaluating the pattern of pulsatile LH ...

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The reduction of circulating levels of gonadotropins and testosterone is of value for the treatment of steroid-dependent neoplasms and the control of fertility. We tested the ability of single and multiple doses of the GnRH antagonist [N-Ac-D-Nal(2)1, D-pCl-Phe2, D-Trp3, D-hArg(Et2)6, D-Ala10]GnRH ...

The pulse frequency of LH and FSH (and by inference, GnRH) is a major determinant of the relative baseline plasma levels of LH and FSH. Luteal phase deficiency has been reported to be associated with increased gonadotropin pulse frequency and inadequate preovulatory follicular development. In this ...

No effective hormonal contraceptive has yet been devised for men. Through their suppressive effect on gonadotropin secretion, GnRH antagonists inhibit both testosterone (T) production and spermatogenesis in animals. Long term administration of an antagonist alone would result in androgen deficiency; ...

It has been hypothesized that the slowing of the luteinizing hormone (LH) pulse frequency in the luteal phase may be necessary for the demise of the corpus luteum, the intercycle rise in baseline follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), or ovarian follicular development in the subsequent cycle. For ...