The presumption of serotoli cell insufficiency with GnRH test.
- Author:
Yun Seob SONG
1
;
Jae Yup HONG
;
Moo Sang LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
GnRH stimulation;
Infertile men;
Sertoli cell insufficiency
- MeSH:
Azoospermia;
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone*;
Humans;
Hypogonadism
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1991;32(4):629-636
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This study was designed to evaluate the usefulness of the GnRH stimulation test in 83 infertile azoospermia and oligoasthenospermia patients. GnRH stimulation test may be helpful not only to differentiate hypogonadotropic hypogonadism of pituitary or hypothalamic origin, but also to identify early Sertoli cell insufficiency in patients with normal basaI FSH level.
