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ea0031p230 | Obesity, diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | SFEBES2013

Obesity-related hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism: recovery of normal pituitary–gonadal axis function following bariatric surgery

Santhakumar Anjali , Wahid Shaz , Quinton Richard

Background: Functional hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism (FHH) occurs in the context of any chronic disease including obese patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and/or metabolic syndrome. FHH is reversible with resolution of the underlying disease process. Reported benefits of bariatric surgery include improvements in lipid profile, blood pressure and resolution of T2DM. Here we report reversal of FHH and T2DM with bariatric surgery-associated weight loss.C...
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Endocrine Abstracts
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