[Function of the reproductive system in pre- and pubescent girls with diffuse toxic goiter and hypothyroidism]

Altogether 70 girls of pubertal age were examined: 50 with diffuse toxic goiter and 20 with hypothyrosis. A clinical picture of "hypoestrogenism" and menstrual disturbance confirmed by the results of clinical and gynecological examination and ultrasonic investigation was noted in the patients. A significant rise of the level of gonadotropic hormones correlating with the severity of disease, and a rise of the level of testosterone-estradiol binding protein were revealed. The results of the investigation suggest that changes in the reproductive system resulting from thyroid dysfunction age determined by disturbance of different links of hormonal regulation of the hypothalamo-hypophyseal-gonadal system.