Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 4 , Pages 1169-1174, October 2008

Effects of follicle-stimulating hormone and human chorionic gonadotropin on gonadal steroidogenesis in two siblings with a follicle-stimulating hormone β subunit mutation

  • Adriana Lofrano-Porto, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Brasilia, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Adriana Lofrano-Porto, M.D., SHIN QI 12 conjunto 02 casa 16, Lago Norte, Brasilia, DF, Brazil CEP 71525-220 (FAX: 55-61-3442-8367).
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  • Luiz Augusto Casulari, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Brasilia, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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  • Paula P. Nascimento

      Affiliations

    • Section of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Brasilia, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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  • Leonardo Giacomini

      Affiliations

    • Section of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Brasilia, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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  • Luciana A. Naves, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Brasilia, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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  • Lucilia Domingues Casulari da Motta, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Brasilia, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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  • Lawrence C. Layman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Reproductive Endocrinology, Infertility, & Genetics, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Program, Developmental Neurobiology Program, The Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, The Neuroscience Program, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia

Received 12 April 2007; received in revised form 22 July 2007; accepted 23 July 2007. published online 24 October 2007.

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 Presented at the 27th Brazilian Congress of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Recife, PE, Brazil, September 6–9, 2006.

PII: S0015-0282(07)03009-9

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1356

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 4 , Pages 1169-1174, October 2008

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