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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-7-13
pubmed:abstractText
The method of pulsatile administration of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (Gn-RH) has been proven as a useful means for induction of ovulation in anovulatory women. In our series of clinical trials, 23 out of 29 anovulatory patients ovulated with pulsatile administration of Gn-RH. Seven patients who ovulated volunteered for the present study with daily hormonal analysis and follicular sonometory . Two patients have oligomenorrhea, 3 patients secondary amenorrhea-1st grade (the sole administration of gestagen required for withdrawal bleeding) and the remaining 2 patients secondary amenorrhea-2nd grade (the combined administration of estrogen and gestagen required for withdrawal bleeding). A diagnosis of hyperprolactinemia was made for one patient with secondary amenorrhea-1st grade. Pulsatile administration of Gn-RH was performed by the use of a self-administered infuser . The infuser was connected to an i.v. indwelling catheter via a specially designed blood backflow eliminater . Five micrograms or less of Gn-RH was given every 2 hr from 07:00 to 23:00 hr daily. Five patients received HCG during the preovulatory period. In one patient, a short term treatment of HMG was added to Gn-RH treatment. Follicular sonometry revealed the development of a single dominant follicle which reached between 20 and 28 mm (23.7 +/- 0.12 mm, mean +/- S.E.) in diameter at the preovulatory period. Disappearance of a dominant follicle was recognized in the early luteal phase. Characteristic increases in estradiol were recognized concomitantly with the development of a dominant follicle. Progesterone levels after ovulation were within the limits of its normal "luteal phase" rise. The present data suggest that pulsatile administration of low dose Gn-RH with nocturnal interruption of treatment is effective for normal progress of follicular development in various types of anovulatory patients, culminating in single ovulation. This paper includes the discussion on our method which may be responsible for a high success rate of ovulation induction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0013-7219
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
753-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Follicular development and a single ovulation induced with pulsatile administration of Gn-RH in anovulatory women: studies of hormonal analysis and follicular sonometry.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article