title: Treatment of isolated gonadotropin deficiency in men with synthetic LR-RH and a more potent analogue of LH-RH.
abstract: Six patients with idiopathic isolated gonadotropin deficiency (IGD) were treated with 100 microgram LH-RH s.c. 3 times daily, leading to subnormal increases of serum gonadotropin (Gn) and testosterone (T) levels, and promoting puberty from stage I to stage II-III of TANNER. S.c. administration of 100 microgram of the more potent and longer-lasting analogue 6-D-Leu-10-Des-Gly-ethylamide-LH-RH induced LH and FSH rises after the very first application in these patients for more than 12 h. However, long-term therapy with the analogue (100 microgram s.c./day) did not improve hypogonadism. Paradoxically, on daily treatment (8 patients) with 6-D-Leu-10-Des-Gly-ethylamide-LH-RH the FSH serum levels fell after 1 week and the LH levels after 8 weeks of treatment.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary / Q000172:deficiency*; D006728:Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary; D006728:Hormones; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013739:Testosterone; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone