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NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
卷 361, 期 19, 页码 1856-1863出版社
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0805792
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- INSERM
- Socete Francaise d'Endocrinologie, Assistance Publique-H pitaux de Paris
- French Ministry of Health (DHOS)
Men with mutations in LHB, the gene encoding the beta subunit of luteinizing hormone (LHB), have azoospermia with absent or few fetal Leydig cells. We report a mutation in LHB in a man and his sister. The man presented with absence of virilization, undetectable luteinizing hormone, and a low serum testosterone level. He had complete spermatogenesis with a normal sperm count. The mutant luteinizing hormone had a low level of partial activity in vitro. We concluded that the residual luteinizing hormone activity, resulting in the expression of steroidogenic enzymes in few mature Leydig cells producing small amounts of intratesticular testosterone (20.2 ng per gram), was sufficient for complete and quantitatively normal spermatogenesis.
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