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FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, THYROTROPHIN, HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE AND PROLACTIN IN HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM
Author(s) -
Ylikorkala O.,
Kauppila A.,
Haapalahti J.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1976.tb00880.x
Subject(s) - prolactin , hyperemesis gravidarum , endocrinology , medicine , follicle stimulating hormone , hormone , luteinizing hormone , vomiting
Summary To investigate the functional capacity of the anterior pituitary gland in hyperemesis gravidarum, the serum levels of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), thyrotrophin (TSH), human growth hormone (HGH) and prolactin were measured before and after the combined administration of gonadotrophin and thyrotrophin releasing hormones (GnRH, TRH), and insulin in seven normal pregnancies, nine with hyperemesis and eight nonpregnant subjects. There was no difference between normal pregnancy and hyperemesis for FSH and TSH, but the basal level of HGH was lower and that of prolactin higher in hyperemesis although their responses following stimulation were similar. Thus there seems to be no hypofunction of the anterior pituitary gland in hyperemesis gravidarum.