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Allopregnanolone levels decrease after gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog stimulation test in girls with central precocious puberty
Background: Allopregnanolone, a neuroactive steroid mainly secreted by adrenals and gonads, is a hormone that seems to play a role in precocious puberty, as demonstrated by its high basel...
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Brain derived neurotrophic factor circulating levels in patients undergoing IVF
The aim of the study was to measure circulating BDNF levels, a neurotrophin recently identified in the ovary, in parallel with estradiol, to verify if assessing this factor could add any predictive value to th...
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High basal serum allopregnanolone levels in overweight girls
Several studies demonstrated that obese subjects have a hyperactive hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and that sex steroid hormones have been closely related to the regulation of adiposity, either through di...
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Effect of acute corticotropin releasing factor on pituitary-adrenocortical responsiveness in elderly women and men
Aging is related to critical changes of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal function. A decline in serum DHEA levels has been demonstrated in healthy elderly subjects, while ACTH and Cortisol concentrations rema...
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Serum levels of dimeric activin A are not a marker of placental tumors in the course of chemotherapy
The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether serum activin A levels may represent, in addition to intact human chorionic gonadotrophin, a marker of placental tumors in the course of chemotherapy. Seria...
