Sexual Medicine REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINE PROFILE IN HEPATITIS C PATIENTS SAFARINEJAD
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stimulating hormone (FSH), prolactin, testosterone, oestradiol, and sex hormonebinding globulin. The hypothalamuspituitary-testis axis was assessed using the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) test. All participants also received an injection of human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) and serum testosterone was determined before the hCG injection and on the third day afterwards. Conventional karyotype analysis and triple-colour fluorescence in situ hybridization for chromosomes X, Y and 18 were conducted in all patients and controls.
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