Abstract
The dominance of the female as an object of study in the science of reproductive biology is nowhere more clearly emphasised than in the introduction to a chapter on the secretion and metabolism of the gonadotrophic hormones, as these relate to the pituitary-testicular axis: the commonly accepted names of these hormones refer to their functions in female reproduction! Luteinising hormone (LH) is also called by a little-used name relevant to the male (interstitial cell-stimulating hormone, ICSH) but there is no counterpart for follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) or prolactin (Prl). In this chapter, the methods of gonadotrophin assay used in our laboratories are described and the results are reviewed of their application to studies of their patterns of secretion and metabolism.
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Burger, H.G., Lee, V.W.K. (1983). Patterns of Secretion and Metabolism of the Gonadotrophic Hormones. In: de Kretser, D.M., Burger, H.G., Hudson, B. (eds) The Pituitary and Testis. Monographs on Endocrinology, vol 25. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81912-4_1
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