introduction: primary ovarian failure (pof) is a syndrome composed of amenorrhea, estrogen deficiency and follicular stimulating hormone (fsh) of menopausal ranges in young women. in this article, we report a case of primary amenorrhea that presented with full term pregnancy.case presentation: a 29-year old woman with a history of primary amenorrhea attended hospital with full term pregnancy. s...

objectives: it was aimed to investigate the effects of different doses of follicle stimulating hormone (fsh) and activin a on the growth and maturation of preantral mouse follicles during the in vitro culture. methods: preantral follicles (90-100 µm in diameter) were harvested from 6-8 week-old syrian mice and cultured in tcm199 culture medium for 6 days to see the effect of fsh and activin a. ...

conclusions serum t4 and tsh levels in depressive patients were found to be significantly higher than those of the control group, indicating the association between serum t4 and tsh levels and depression in the subjects in 2010 - 2011 in hamedan, northwestern iran. objectives in this study, the serum levels of t3, t4, and tsh in patients with major depressive disorder have been compared to the ...

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is the commonest endocrinological disorder of women in reproductive age group. It characterized by oligo/anovulation, hyperandrogenism, and raised Luteinizing Hormone: Follicle Stimulating Hormone ratio. Elevated levels Hormone, contribute to hyperandrogenism altered ratio between Hormone. The present case report discusses Ayurvedic management - a diagnosed Syndrome....

Abbreviations: BC: Before Christ; UV: Ultraviolet; NCBI: National Center For Biotechnology Information; Mirna: Microrna; IL-1: Interleukin 1; MSH: Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone; ACTH: Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; LH: Luteinizing Hormone; FSH: Follicle-Stimulating Hormone; MC1R: Melanocortin Type 1 Receptor; ER: Estrogen Receptor ; PR :Progesterone Receptor; TPO: Thyroid Peroxidase; TSH: Thyroi...

BACKGROUND Graves' disease is an autoimmune thyroid disorder characterized by hyperthyroidism, and patients exhibit thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor antibody. The major methods of measuring circulating thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor antibody include the thyroid-stimulating hormone-binding inhibitory immunoglobulin assays. Although the diagnostic accuracy of these assays has been impro...

BACKGROUND The neuropeptide alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone is well known as a mediator of skin pigmentation. More recently, it has been shown that alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone also plays pivotal roles in energy homeostasis, sexual function, and inflammation or immunomodulation. Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone exerts its antiinflammatory and immunomodulatory effects by binding...