"Gonadotropins, Pituitary" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Hormones secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR) that stimulate gonadal functions in both males and females. They include FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE that stimulates germ cell maturation (OOGENESIS; SPERMATOGENESIS), and LUTEINIZING HORMONE that stimulates the production of sex steroids (ESTROGENS; PROGESTERONE; ANDROGENS).
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D006065
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.322.576 D06.472.699.631.525.343 D12.644.548.691.525.343
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gonadotropins, Pituitary" by people in Profiles.
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Melanoma risk after in vitro fertilization: A review of the literature. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2018 Dec; 79(6):1133-1140.e3.
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Brief report: melatonin-related hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. N Engl J Med. 1992 Nov 05; 327(19):1356-9.
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Pineal melatonin content in male hamsters throughout the seasonal reproductive cycle. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1980 Nov; 165(2):330-4.
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Comparative physiology: pineal gland. Annu Rev Physiol. 1973; 35:305-28.