Laura Lucaccioni, Jane McNeilly, Avril Mason, Claudio Giacomozzi, Andreas Kyriakou, Mohammed Guftar Shaikh, Lorenzo Iughetti, Syed Faisal Ahmed
OBJECTIVE: Measurement of urinary LH (uLH) and FSH (uFSH) may facilitate non-invasive pubertal assessment but there is a need for further validation by studying children and adolescents with disorders of puberty. DESIGN: 65 cases (Male: 25) with a median age of 12 years (2.9-18.1) supplied at least one non-timed urine sample
Dimitrios G. Goulis, Paris Polychronou, Themistokis Mikos, Grigorios Grimbizis, Sriridon Gerou, Vassiliki Pavlidou, Athanasios Papanikolaou, Basil C. Tarlatzis, Ioannis N. Bontis, Ioannis Papadimas
Objective: Inhibin-B (Inh-B) is produced by Sertoli cells and controls Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) secretion through a negative feedback mechanism. The primary aim of this study was to compare Ιnh-B with FSH as predictors of the recovery of sperm in testicular fine needle aspirate in men with azoospermia …