On the basis of data from current literature a survey of the new hormone, inhibin, and its characteristics, is given, particularly with respect to its role in the regulation of fertility. There were also enumerated its other features and possibilities of its use in diagnostical and other practical purposes.

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[The effect of synthetic gonadotropin releasing hormone on the plasma levels of FH and LSH in women with hirsutism and polycystic ovaries].

GN-RH test was performed in 33 women with hirsutism and irregular menstrual cycles. Fourteen patients had polycystic ovary syndrome (PCO) and 19 had idiopathic hirsutism (IH). In the control group, there were 5 healthy women with regular menstrual cycles. Absolute cumulative increase of LH as significantly higher in the examinees with hirsutism than in the control group. A significantly higher net increase of LH was found only in the PCO group. However, absolute and net increase of FSH in examinees with hirsutism did not significantly differ from that in the control group. Patients with PCO had a significantly higher increase of FSH than the IH group. Only the PCO group had a significant correlation between basal LH and LH increase during the test. It was found that patients with hirsutism and irregular menstrual cycles had an increased reactivity of the hypophysis to a direct stimulation with synthetic GN-RH. The degree of disfunction of the gonad axis in women with PCO is significantly higher than in patients with IH.

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[Disorders of carbohydrate tolerance in patients with chronic azotemia].

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[The erythrocyte sedimentation test (part 1)].

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[The erythrocyte sedimentation test (part 2)].

The article deals with progression in the knowledge about erythrocyte sedimentation, and factors responsible of their sedimentation. Problems in the interpretation of results are also emphasized, as well as relation between some diseases and erythrocyte sedimentation velocity. Test indications are enumerated.

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[Olfactory disorders in hypogonadism].

On the basis of the study and particularly of the examination of the ofactive functions in three patients with hypogonadismus the relationship between the olfactive and the endocrine lesions is established. This syndrome, described by Kalmann and by De Morsier is not well known, but it deserves attention since it is indicative of pathologic changes in the region which lies between the hypothalamus and the hypophysis.

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