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 ,Revised 22 July 2007 ,Accepted 23 July 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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