| Literature DB >> 12445243 |
Takashi Kobayashi1, Hiroshi Okuno, Hiroyuki Nishiyama, Eijiro Nakamura, Osamu Ogawa, Masahiro Kawahara, Akira Shimatsu.
Abstract
A 37-year-old man who had fathered a child five years previously presented with erectile and ejaculatory disorder. Endocrinological examinations revealed isolated luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) deficiency of hypothalamus, resulting in hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and no causative abnormality was detected in imaging studies, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Having a diagnosis of adult-onset hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, the patient received pulsatile subcutaneous administration of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). Sperm analysis and serum level of testosterone improved to normal in a few months. His wife became pregnant using artificial insemination with her husband's semen 15 months after the beginning of the treatment.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12445243 DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2002.00522.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Urol ISSN: 0919-8172 Impact factor: 3.369