Increased levels of LH can be found in 40% of women with PCO. We know that raised LH levels are associated with difficulty conceiving and increased miscarriage rates.
Related Medical Abstracts - Click on the paper title:-
- The pathophysiology of polycystic ovary syndrome: trying to understand PCOS and its endocrinology. (2004-01)
- Polycystic ovarian morphology with regular ovulatory cycles: insights into the pathophysiology of polycystic ovarian syndrome. (2004-03)
- LH levels in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome: have modern assays made them irrelevant? (2003-01)
- A preponderance of basic luteinizing hormone (LH) isoforms accompanies inappropriate hypersecretion of both basal and pulsatile LH in adolescents with polycystic ovarian syndrome. (1999-01)
- Adverse effects of luteinizing hormone on fertility: fact or fantasy. (1998-01)
- Hypersecretion of luteinising hormone, infertility, and miscarriage. (1990)
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