Abstract
A 32-year-old Indian women presented with amenorrhoea and symptoms of inadequate secretion of the anterior pituitary hormones after the birth of her second child. Investigation 2 years later revealed deficient secretion of prolactin, thyroid-stimulating hormone, adrenocorticotrophin and growth hormone. However, there was an unimpaired response of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone to gonadotrophin-releasing hormone. This patient unequivocally demonstrates preservation of gonadotrophin function in association with deficient secretion of the other anterior pituitary hormones.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 656-657 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | South African Medical Journal |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 16 |
| State | Published - 1980 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Gonadotrophin-sparing hypopituitarism. A case report. / Jialal, I.; Norman, R. J.; Asmal, A. C.
In: South African Medical Journal, Vol. 58, No. 16, 1980, p. 656-657.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AB - A 32-year-old Indian women presented with amenorrhoea and symptoms of inadequate secretion of the anterior pituitary hormones after the birth of her second child. Investigation 2 years later revealed deficient secretion of prolactin, thyroid-stimulating hormone, adrenocorticotrophin and growth hormone. However, there was an unimpaired response of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone to gonadotrophin-releasing hormone. This patient unequivocally demonstrates preservation of gonadotrophin function in association with deficient secretion of the other anterior pituitary hormones.
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