Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a disorder in which there are numerous benign cysts that form on ovaries under a thick white covering that is one of the causes of infertility. Follistatin is a single chain glycosylated polypeptide that can bind to activin. When follistatin binds to activin it suppresses the role of activin to stimulate the secretion of Follicle Stimulating Hormo...

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the level of progesterone and progesterone-induced blocking factor (PIBF), an immune mediator, in non-obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
 Materials Methods: Totally 72 were recruited into divided 2 groups: The first group was diagnosed PCOS (n = 36) second healthy control (n=36). diagnosis made according Rotterdam diagnostic criteria...

We evaluated an apparent distinction between follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) dynamics: visually, it appears that the pattern of serum concentrations of FSH is more irregular than that of LH in younger human females. We studied healthy humans, with LH and FSH serum samples obtained every 10 min for 24 h. Three groups were studied: 24 young females [8 early follicu...

Objective: Anti-Mullerian hormone has been indicated as a novel biomarker for ovarian reserve assessment. This study aimed to determine the comparative advantage of serum levels AMH, FSH, LH, E2, and LH/FSH ratio among women with varying menstrual cycles duration menstruation. Material Method: A total 90 subjects, which consisted sixty subjects thirty healthy control, were recruited. Blood samp...

Introduction: Because of improvements in the measurement methods of FSH levels in serum, there is less interest in evaluating vaginal pH for the diagnosis of menopause nowadays. The traditional test to diagnose menopause has been FSH, so far. In recent studies it has been shown that diagnosis of menopause by testing for vaginal pH is a simple, non-invasive and inexpensive method .This study int...

Role of the bed nucleus of stria terminalis (BST) in the control of gonadotropin release in the female rat was studied. Electrical stimulation of the BST on the day of diestrus II increased the serum concentration of FSH, but not of LH. The stimulation on the day of estrus increased serum concentration of LH as well as on the day of proestrus. In the ovariectomized and estrogen-treated rat, the...

OBJECTIVES Despite the important implication for women's health and reproduction, very few studies have focused on vaginal PH for menopausal diagnosis. Recent studies have suggested vaginal PH as a simple, noninvasive and inexpensive method for this purpose. The aim of this study is to compare serum FSH level with vaginal PH in menopause. METHODS This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study, ...

Background: Objective of the study was to compare serum Nesfatin 1 levels in Indian women with and without polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) evaluate association metabolic clinical parameters. Methods: 40 PCOS age body mass index (BMI) matched non controls were enrolled. Comparison hormonal (serum 1, anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH), follicle stimulating (FSH), luteinizing (LH), prolactin, testost...

PURPOSE Docetaxel, a chemotherapeutic agent, induces high rates of transient chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea (CIA) when used as adjuvant chemotherapy for premenopausal women with breast cancer. Clinical laboratory data to assess the hormonal environment implicated in inducing transient CIA was assessed. METHODS An observational study was conducted in 35 premenopausal women with hormone-respon...