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The paper reviewed the clinical manifestation and potential mechanism of gonadal injury of Tripterygium wilfordii and the progression of its relative Chinese medicine therapy. The therapeutic effect of T. wilfordii is certain, but its adverse effect is obvious. Therefore, it is very important to inv...
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PMID: 19685735
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We review the ethiopathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment of various disorders causing peripheral precocious puberty and provide the reader with current recommendations concerning approach to the patient with this health problem....
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PMID: 20041371
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The onset of puberty marks a time of rapid linear growth, sexual development, and transition from childhood to maturity. The diagnosis and treatment of a childhood malignancy prior to the onset of puberty has the potential to profoundly affect the timing and the tempo of puberty. CNS tumors located...
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PMID: 19293602
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Anticancer treatment for HL, independently of the age at diagnosis and clinical stage, leads to serious and persistent gonadal dysfunction. The patients should be informed about the problem of gonadal toxicity and possibility of fertility preservation at the moment of diagnosis....
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PMID: 19772815
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Inhibin B is a gonadal dimeric peptide, produced in men in testicular Sertolli cells. Inhibin B blood level knowledge can be a useful tool in the management of difficult diagnostic problems, such as ambiguous genitalia, the distinction between cryptorchidism and anorchidism and the hypogonadotrophic...
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PMID: 19069679
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Frailty is a geriatric syndrome that has been characterized by an increased vulnerability against external stressors. The aim of laboratory investigations in the context of frailty is to screen for conditions that are pathophysiologically related to the development of this syndrome. Successful thera...
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PMID: 18677692
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Smallie (slie), a spontaneous, autosomal-recessive mutation causes dwarfing and infertility in mice. The purpose of this study was to determine and characterize the underlying molecular genetic basis for its phenotype. The slie locus was mapped to chromosome 1, and fine-structure mapping narrowed th...
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PMID: 18483174
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To establish the optimal age of sexual maturation in Egyptian children, Tanner's maturity stages were determined for a sample of children and adolescents (1550 girls, 1563 boys) ranging from 6.5 to 18.5 years. The mean age for attainment of pubic hair (stage PH2) was 10.46 (SD 1.36) years for girls...
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PMID: 19161115
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The mean and standard deviation for age in the 56 patients (36 males and 20 females) was 15.62+/-4.44 years. Diabetes mellitus was present in 5 patients (8.9%), impaired fasting glucose was found in 16 patients (28.6%) and an impaired glucose tolerance test was found in 4 patients (7.1%). Short stat...
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PMID: 18779644
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Chronic stress represents a prolonged state of dyshomeostasis caused by intense and frequently imposed stressors. Obesity constitutes a chronic dysmetabolic state, leading progressively to a spectrum of metabolic complications, such as diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension and cardiovascular disease....
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PMID: 19121989
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In group I no alteration in hormonal status was observed, whereas in group II lower inhibin B was found (68.09 ng/l+/-54.87 vs 152.66 ng/l+/-72.09, p=0.0002). The levels of FSH, LH, testosterone and testicular volume did not differ from healthy adolescents. We did not observe a correlation between i...
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PMID: 19531817
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Cytotoxic chemotherapy and radiotherapy have improved the survival rates in many malignant conditions, particularly in paediatric patients with haematologic malignancies. Treatment is associated with significant morbidity in many patients, and alterations in gonadal function are among the most commo...
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PMID: 19531820
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Our observations show the possibility of different endocrine disturbances after combined treatment for HL, especially gonadal function disturbances. Considering these long-term complications, further follow-up is needed, even in the absence of clinical symptoms....
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PMID: 19531819
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Puberty is a complex, coordinated biological process with multiple levels of regulation. Epidemiological observations suggest that the timing of pubertal events is a heritable trait, although environmental factors can modulate such genetic influence. The study of pathological states of early and lat...
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PMID: 17927661
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We compared late side effects and quality of life (QoL) in 430 survivors of childhood acute leukaemia based on whether they had undergone haematopoietic cell transplantation (n=142) or not (n=288). Mean age was 18.2 years and mean follow-up duration was 11.9 years. Multivariate logistic regression a...
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PMID: 17704791
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We first found that H12 could be directly reached from the ligand-binding pocket (LBP) by a chain positioned on the C18 atom of an androgen steroid nucleus. A set of 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone-derived molecules bearing various C18 chains were thus synthesized and tested for their capacity to bind hA...
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PMID: 17711855
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Neonatal emergencies are uncommon, but may lead to significant morbidity and mortality if not recognised and managed promptly. Disorders of sex development, hypoglycaemia, thyrotoxicosis and calcium balance are discussed, with emphasis on the clinical assessment, investigations and management of the...
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PMID: 17703902
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We report the cases of 3 patients with brucellar gonadal abscess who were examined with gray-scale and color Doppler sonography. In these 3 cases, sonography revealed a thick-walled avarian (n = 2) or testicular (n = 1) abscess. Duplex Doppler sonography indicated a low-resistance type of flow in al...
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PMID: 17427212
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This study investigates circulating concentrations of AMH and inhibin B in men with azoospermia. Serum AMH and inhibin B are significantly lower in the men with nonobstructive azoospermia compared to the controls and the men with obstructive azoospermia, suggesting that these hormones could be marke...
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PMID: 17462637
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The elevated TSH in these patients and prior demonstration of the in vitro ability of TSH to bind to the FSH receptor lead us to hypothesize that the gonadal stimulation in these patients is TSH-mediated. The fact that gonadal stimulation is not seen in all patients with severe hypothyroidism raises...
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PMID: 17937064
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The synthesis of phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho), the major phospholipid in mammalian cells, is regulated by the CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CCT). Loss of the CCTbeta2 isoform expression in mice results in gonadal dysfunction. CCTbeta2(-/-) females exhibit ovarian tissue disorganization wi...
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PMID: 17560827
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In humans, circulating leptin levels are low in early childhood and rise until puberty, whereas the reverse occurs for the soluble leptin receptor (sOB-R). In women, leptin remains high and sOB-R remains low, but in men leptin declines after adolescence and sOB-R increases. These observations sugges...
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PMID: 17873322
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Prokineticins are multifunctional secreted proteins that were originally identified as regulators of intestinal contraction but subsequently shown to affect vascular function, hyperalgesia, spermatogenesis, neuronal survival, circadian rhythm, nociception, feeding behaviour, immune responses, haemat...
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PMID: 17208447
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Complex interactions exist amongst the various components of the neuroendocrine system in order to maintain homeostasis, energy balance and reproductive function. These components include the hypothalamus-pituitary- adrenal and -gonadal axes, the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, the sympathetic...
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PMID: 17343430
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We show that Pitx2's expression is markedly reduced in hypothyroid ovary as well as in ovarian granulosa cells, which is recovered with T(3)-supplementation both in vitro and in vivo conditions. Reduced Pitx2 expression could decrease Plod2 expression and hence facilitate ovarian ECM degradation. We...
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PMID: 17982271
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Gonadal dysfunction and fertility problems are adverse effects of cancer treatment or may be associated with specific malignancies. This review focuses on these problems in the young cancer survivors, where methods of protecting or restoring endocrine function and fertility need to be considered. In...
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PMID: 17497315
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A Faggiano,
A Pisani,
F Milone,
M Gaccione,
M Filippella,
A Santoro,
G Vallone,
F Tortora,
M Sabbatini,
L Spinelli,
G Lombardi,
B Cianciaruso and
A Colao
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FD patients had higher baseline TSH levels than controls (P < 0.01). Three subjects were diagnosed with an early stage of subclinical primary hypothyroidism associated with negative antithyroid antibodies. A history of menses abnormalities, miscarriage, or assisted delivery was found in 89% of FD wo...
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PMID: 16926253
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Radiation therapy of benign diseases always resulted in gonadal doses below 1 Gy and therefore there was no risk for permanent gonadal failure. The excess risk of radiation-induced hereditary disorders in offspring was low in comparison with the natural frequency of these effects. However, there was...
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PMID: 17100150
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The aim of this study was assess the activity of thalidomide in patients with progressive relapsed or platinum-refractory germ-cell tumours (GCT). Between April 2002 and January 2003, 15 patients with inoperable progressive GCT were treated with escalated daily doses of 200-600 mg thalidomide. All p...
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PMID: 16765039
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We review here briefly the effects of gonadotrophin subunit and receptor mutations on puberty in humans and contrast the information with findings on genetically modified mice with similar mutations....
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PMID: 16730882
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Neurology (66)suppl_3 2006
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Our best estimate is that perhaps one of every three women with epilepsy may be affected compared with one of seven in the general population. Menstrual disorders are significant because they are associated with anovulatory cycles that may increase the risks for infertility, migraine, emotional diso...
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PMID: 16567738
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Most of the patients will develop almost all the complications. Juvenile DM in association with AO is its best diagnostic criteria. Early therapy should delay progression and control mortality causes....
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PMID: 16831380
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During puberty, girls may present with psychiatric illness necessitating treatment with psychotropic medications. Pubertal girls are especially vulnerable to medication-associated adverse events. Atypical antipsychotics and antidepressants have the potential to elevate prolactin levels, altering pub...
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PMID: 16321731
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The polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in women belongs to the most frequent endocrinopathies. This syndrome is characteristic by a hormonal and metabolic imbalance. It seems to be a kind of an oligogenic disease resulting from the interaction among several key genes and environmental effects. Conside...
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PMID: 16752800
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We recommend initial management as for bacterial urinary tract infection, until urine cultures results are obtained. This paper provides a comprehensive review with the related medical literature....
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PMID: 16951901
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We present a male patient with photosensitivity since the earliest months of his life, and pigmented macules in exposed areas, some showing clinical atypia, which increased in number over time. Molecular biology studies detected an alteration in DNA repair ability, so xeroderma pigmentosum was diagn...
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PMID: 16476302
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We hypothesized that an impaired signal-transduction pathway shared by several organs may provide a unifying explanation for both endocrinopathies. We assessed two possible transduction-pathway components associated with CH in DS: the G-protein adenylate-cyclase (AC) system and beta-adrenergic respo...
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PMID: 15774852
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Our results indicate a high incidence of gonadal dysfunction due to target organ failure in HSCT recipients not treated by TBI....
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PMID: 16048797
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We have briefly discussed the embryology and attempted to classify abnormal gonadal disorders. The aims of evaluating such a child are to: (1) establish genetic sex; (2) determine the hormonal milieu; (3) evaluate the anatomy of internal and external genitalia and gonads; and (4) in older children,...
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PMID: 15846569
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We report on two siblings, a brother and a sister, both with de novo chromosomal rearrangements and gonadal deficiency including premature ovarian failure. They had normal phenotypes without additional manifestations of known chromosomal breakage syndromes (except for the gonadal dysfunction) and no...
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PMID: 15576395
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Anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) is a gonadal hormone synthesized by granulose cells of the ovary and Sertoli cells of the testis. Anti-Mullerian hormone is used to facilitate the evaluation of intersex disorders and as a marker in some ovarian tumors or ovarian reserve assessment in the infertility cas...
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PMID: 16544718
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We observed a reduction of DHEA-S levels, expressed as standard score ( Z-score) values referred to a group of 180 healthy subjects stratified by sex and different age groups (<40 years, between 40 and 60 years, >60 years) to circumvent the pronounced effect of gender and age on such hormone (ACS DH...
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PMID: 15034643
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We review the most commonly used pharmacological therapies for these disorders and discuss treatment controversies and toxicities....
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PMID: 16456488
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