Clinical use of LH-RH test as a diagnostic tool

Horm Res. 1975;6(3):177-91. doi: 10.1159/000178676.

Abstract

The response to LH-RH is never characteristic of a given disorder of the hypothalamo-hypophysial-gonadal axis except in the cases of severe gonadal disturbances, but reflects the functional states which can be observed under various circumstances. The same functional state may be found in different diseases and, in contrast, one disease can evolve through different functional states with time.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Anorexia Nervosa / blood
  • Anorexia Nervosa / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Follicle Stimulating Hormone / blood
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone* / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Hypogonadism / blood
  • Hypogonadism / diagnosis
  • Hypothalamus / drug effects
  • Hypothalamus / physiology
  • Luteinizing Hormone / blood
  • Male
  • Menopause
  • Menstruation
  • Oligospermia / blood
  • Oligospermia / diagnosis
  • Pituitary Gland, Posterior / drug effects
  • Pituitary Gland, Posterior / physiology
  • Puberty
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
  • Luteinizing Hormone
  • Follicle Stimulating Hormone