Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology
Previous issue | Volume 26 | ECE2011 | Next issue

13th European Congress of Endocrinology

Plenary Lectures

Gonadotrophin signalling in health and disease

ea0026pl4 | Gonadotrophin signalling in health and disease | ECE2011

Gonadotrophin signalling in health and disease

Huhtaniemi I

The main functions of the two pituitary gonadotrophic hormones, luteinising hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and of the placental choriongonadotropin (hCG), are well characterized today. In clinical medicine, gonadotrophin measurements in peripheral serum form a valuable tool in the diagnosis of disorders in sexual development and fertility, and gonadotrophins are the mainstay in infertility treatments. A great deal of the new information about physiology a...