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FSH follicle-stimulating hormone.
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSH) This form of muscular dystrophy, also known as Landouzy-Dejerine disease, begins in late childhood to early adulthood and affects both men and women, causing weakness in the muscles of the face, shoulders, and upper arms. Mentioned in: Hormone Replacement Therapy, Menopause, Muscular Dystrophy, Pituitary Dwarfism, Premature Menopause FSH, abbreviation for follicle-stimulating hormone. FSH FSH 1. Facioscapulohumeral 2. Follicle-stimulating hormone A 30 kD glycoprotein gonadotropin secreted by the anterior pituitary which binds membrane receptors, activates adenyl cyclase and ↑ intracellular cAMP; FSH stimulates
spermatogenesis, ovulation and estrogen secretion in the ovary; FSH is ↑ in primary gonadal failure, testicular or ovarian agenesis, Klinefelter syndrome, FSH-secreting tumors; it is ↓ in anorexia nervosa, hypogonadotropic
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The mean daily urinary FSH levels around the cycle transition were increased at least 30-35% with moderate smoking, even after adjustment. The new products will be the first recombinant FSH agents to be marketed in Japan. ``We told them they are the cardiac kids,'' FSH co-coach Frank Pace said. |
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