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EFFECT OF OVARIAN WEDGE RESECTION FOR THE STEIN-LEVENTHAL SYNDROME ON PLASMA FSH, LH, OESTRADIOL AND TESTOSTERONE LEVELS AND ON THE RESPONSES OF THE PITUITARY TO INTRAVEN US LHRH
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12642.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 84, Issue 7, pages 539–542, July 1977
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Valkov, I. M. and Dokumov, S. I. (1977), EFFECT OF OVARIAN WEDGE RESECTION FOR THE STEIN-LEVENTHAL SYNDROME ON PLASMA FSH, LH, OESTRADIOL AND TESTOSTERONE LEVELS AND ON THE RESPONSES OF THE PITUITARY TO INTRAVEN US LHRH. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 84: 539–542. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12642.x
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Summary
We studied basal plasma FSH, LH, testosterone and oestradiol levels and post-LHRH plasma FSH and LH levels in ten patients both before and after a wedge resection of the ovaries for Stein-Leventhal syndrome. We compared the results with those obtained in 15 healthy patients between the third and seventh day of a normal menstrual cycle. Before operation, patients with the Stein-Leventhal syndrome had raised basal and post-LHRH LH levels and raised plasma testosterone levels. All these abnormalities disappeared after wedge resection of the ovaries. Both before and after operation patients with the Stein-Leventhal syndrome had low plasma oestradiol levels. These results are used to formulate a hypothesis about the aetiology of the Stein-Leventhal syndrome.