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The potential relevance of growth hormone to female reproductive physiology and pathophysiology
E Katz1, E Ricciarelli, E Y Adashi
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201.
Fertility and Sterility
|January 1, 1993
Abstract
Objective:
To assess possible interfacing between the somatotrophic and reproductive axes.
Design:
Literature review.
Main Outcome Measures:
Ovarian growth hormone reception and action.
Results:
The available literature strongly supports a permissive role for the somatotrophic axis in the reproductive process.
Conclusions:
Although a role for growth hormone in reproductive biology appears highly likely, its relevance to the process of puberty and to the normal workings of the menstrual cycle, as well as its possible application in reproductive pathology must await further investigation.