[PDF] Top 20 Adrenocortical Production Is Associated with Higher Levels of Luteinizing Hormone in Nonobese Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

... 17OH-progesterone levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (Diagnostic Biochem Canada, Ontario, Canada and Labor Diagnostika Nod GmbH, Nortdhorn, Germany, ...coeicient of variation ... See full document

... sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels in women may result in lower SHBG levels in those with FTO risk allele, which in turn would lead to higher ... See full document

... PRL is a polypeptide hormone secreted by the lactotroph cells of the anterior pituitary ...Release of this hormone is pulsatory with ap- proximately 14 pulses per day and ... See full document

... tance is accompanied by many other alterations that are not included in the diagnostic criteria for ...increased levels of prothrombotic factors, homocysteine, and proinflammatory cytokines ... See full document

... leptin levels and neuropeptide Y expression and resulted in lower GnRH and gonadotropin secretion ...(18). In addition, al- tered fat distribution is a consequence of steroid ... See full document

... number of environmental contaminants that have endocrine disrupting activity, and these can become a major public health ...It is suggested that endocrine disruptors could account for the ... See full document

... Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterized as oligo- or anovulation, hyperandrogen- ism and polycystic ovaries, afflict 5%~10% of women of reproductive age, ... See full document

... rate is encouraging, failure to respond occurs and its cause is frequently ...features associated with improved ovulation and pregnancy rates could help select the group of infertile ... See full document

... measures of frequen- cy, mean and standard deviation. The normality of the data was verified by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, which evidenced the assumption of the normal distri- ...transformation ... See full document

... there is not a specific pattern of gonadotropin levels in patients with virilizing tumors, except for inhibin-secreting ovarian tumors, where FSH is suppressed and LH can be ... See full document

... estrogen levels before and after cross-sex hormone treatment were not significantly different ...1). In contrast, the PRL levels increased after low-dose cross-sex hormone therapy ... See full document

... half of the past clamp studies found preserved insulin sensitivity in normal-weight women with PCOS when compared with weight-matched controls [10–11,23–26], but some other studies ... See full document

... One of the most accepted etiologies for Peyronie’s disease is that it is caused by trauma to the erect penis, resulting in extravasation of fibrin and other blood proteins into the ... See full document

... twice in a mer- cury sphygmomanometer with cuffs that were adequate for the circumference of the patient’s ...were in the supine position after a 20-minute rest ...or higher than 140 ... See full document

... family of stress-inducible proteins, the expression and activity of which are highly regulated by the extracellular ...coupled with 100 client proteins to modulate downstream target gene expression ... See full document

... complications in the field of PCOS, among ...40% of the economic costs of PCOS can be attributed to type 2 diabetes mellitus in the USA ...prevention of long-term complications ... See full document

... BP levels have not yet been elucidated (26). However, is well established in the literature that both soluble and insoluble fibers exert a protective and preventive effect in some pathologies ... See full document

... alleles with short CAG repeat length are expected to result in amplified androgen receptor activity, resulting in a state of ...PCOS women than the controls. To the best of our ... See full document

... PCOS women with higher testosterone levels had higher AIx, indicating greater reflected pulse wave, which might represent an initial process of arterial ...PWV is largely ... See full document

... limitations of purely quantitative analysis to assess essentially subjective aspects and the need of incorporating qualitative approaches for adequate understanding of the psychosocial impact ... See full document