Although the primary control of gonadotropin secretion is by the hypothalamic GnRH and the
gonadal function is controlled by the pituitary gonadotropins and prolactin, the emerging …

Objective To study spermatogenesis and sperm motility during GH therapy in infertile men.
Design Prospective open study. Each patient was treated with GH for 12 weeks and followed …

Eleven adult males, previously submitted to neurosurgery because of a pituitary lesion
(three with craniopharyngioma, three with clinically non-functioning adenoma and five with …

MALE subfertility is a significant problem in reproductive medicine. The traditional clinical
approach to remedy this problem has focused on the management of the female …

Encouraging clinical results have suggested a complimentary or permissive role of growth
hormone (GH) to gonadotropin in inducing spermatogenesis in patients with …

Serum inhibin B (IB) and testosterone (T) levels, secreted by Sertoli cells (SC) and Leydig
cells (LC), respectively, are parameters of the functional state of these cells. Whereas LC …

There is clinical and laboratory evidence that the somatotrophic system is involved in the
reproductive process. Patients with GH deficiency or GH resistance exhibit delayed puberty …

EXPERIMENTAL evidence has shown that insulinlike growth factors (IGFs) exert a variety of
effects at the level of murine, rabbit, porcine, and human ovarian cells, thereby raising the …

В монографии раскрыты вопросы репродуктивной физиологии человека,
гормональной регуляции сперматогенеза. Изложена информация об этиопатогенезе и …

Purpose: Growth hormone has an important role in the function of the male reproductive
system. We investigated infertile men with impaired growth hormone secretion. Materials …