Urinary follicle-stimulating hormone during pregnancy: relationship to sex of fetus.
Publication/Presentation Date
5-1-1979
Abstract
FSH excretion was determined by RIA in 111 urine samples from 23 pregnant women. The use of acetone extraction allowed a 20-fold concentration of urine and the accurate quantitation of hormone levels. Between 10 weeks of gestation and term, FSH secretion was consistently low, with a mean excretion of 18 mIU/h; this amount compares to levels found in other states of marked hCG excess (e.g. choriocarcinoma) and is considerably less than the FSH excretion by prepubertal children. Maternal levels of urinary FSH did not differ with sex, suggesting a primary maternal pituitary origin for pregnancy FSH.
Volume
48
Issue
5
First Page
736
Last Page
738
ISSN
0021-972X
Published In/Presented At
Kulin, H. E., Santner, S. J., & Mann, W. J. (1979). Urinary follicle-stimulating hormone during pregnancy: relationship to sex of fetus. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 48(5), 736–738. https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem-48-5-736
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
429518
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article