Gonadotropins
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Overview
- Gonadotropins are the hormones capable of promoting gonadal growth and function
- Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Luteinizing Hormone (LH) are examples of gonadotropins
| Reference Range in Grown-Up Women | |
| Follicle Phase | |
| LH | 1.8-13.4 mU/ml |
| FSH | 3-12 mU/ml |
| Periovulatory Phase | |
| LH | 15.6-78.9 mU/ml |
| FSH | 8-22 mU/ml |
| Luteal Phase | |
| LH | 0.7-19.4 mU/ml |
| Postmenopausal | |
| LH | > 50 mU/ml |
| FSH | 12-30 mU/ml |
| Reference Range in Men | |
| LH | 1.5-9.2 mU/ml |
| FSH | 1-14 mU/ml |
Differential Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Increased FSH and LH
- After radiation therapy
- Chemotherapeutic therapy
- Climacterium praecox
- During menopause or postmenopausal
- Gonadal dysgenesis
- Primely hypogonadism
- Swyer-James Syndrome
- Turner’s Syndrome
Reduced FSH and LH
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Hyperprolactinemia
- Progestogen negative amenorrhea
- Traumatic or tumorous damage of the pituitary or the hypothalamus
Reduced FSH/LH Quotient
- Hyperandrogenic ovarial insufficiency
- Polycystic ovary syndrome
References
References
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
The content on this page was first contributed by Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [2]
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