Traumatic disorders of pituitary-hypothalamic function. I. Excretion of follicule-stimulating hormone after closed head injury. A preliminary investigation.
In an investigation done in a group of 20 patients with cerebral concussion and skull fracture, 5 of whom showed definite EEG signs of brain-stem function disorder, one patient, a member of this subgroup, was found to have a reduced excretion of FSH. This patient also showed amenorrhoea of 4 months duration and olfactory disturbances.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000503:physiopathology*
D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone