Fertility and Sterility
Volume 74, Issue 6 , Pages 1248-1250 , December 2000

Successful pregnancy and birth after sequential cotreatment with growth hormone and gonadotropins in a woman with panhypopituitarism: a new treatment protocol

  • Agnès Salle, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy, Vandoeuvre, France
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  • Marc Klein, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy, Vandoeuvre, France
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  • Véronique Pascal-Vigneron, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy, Vandoeuvre, France
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  • Brigitte Dousset, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry B, Centre Hospitalier Universiaire de Nancy, Nancy, France
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  • Jacques Leclere, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy, Vandoeuvre, France
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  • Georges Weryha, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy, Vandoeuvre, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Georges Weryha, Department of Endocrinology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy, 54500 Vandoeuvre, France (FAX: 33-3-8315-3438 )

Received 7 March 2000 ,Accepted 19 June 2000.

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  2. Homburg R, West C, Torresani T, Jacobs HS. Cotreatment with human growth hormone and gonadotropins for induction of ovulation (a controlled clinical trial). Fertil Steril. 1990;53:254–260
  3. de Boer JA, van der Meer M, van der Veen EA, Schoemaker J. Growth hormone (GH) substitution in hypogonadotropic, GH-deficient women decreases the follicle-stimulating hormone threshold for monofollicular growth. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1999;84:590–595
  4. Blumenfeld Z, Lunenfeld B. The potentiating effect of growth hormone on follicle stimulation with human menopausal gonadotropin in a panhypopituitary patient. Fertil Steril. 1989;52:328–331

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Fertility and Sterility
Volume 74, Issue 6 , Pages 1248-1250 , December 2000

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