Abstract: Female infertility is caused by many factors including nutrition, diseases, malfunction of uterus and hormonal imbalances. Among the hormones LH, FSH, Prolactin plays a major role. The other additional contributing causes like obesity, diabetes have also been discussed in this paper. rhFSH is now emerging as regimen for induction of ovulation and Hu-FSH is found to be an effective form of treatment for women with PCOS. Hyperprolactinmeia is a common endocrine cause of infertility in women. Increased TSH and PRL and decreased T3 and T4 also are observed in infertile group. In laboratory diagnosis the levels of circulating LH, FSH, PRL, oestrogen, Progesterone, testosterone and thyroid profile are to be evaluated to assess the role of endocrine glands in infertility. PRL, T3, T4 and TSH are the recommended first line hormones done to evaluate infertility in women. This review articles presents research findings during the last 15 years linking reproductive hormones to female infertility depicting the role of each hormone as well as some syndromes associated with females such as PCOS, hirsutism and cancer of breast.
Keywords: Infertility, LH, FSH, PRL, PCOS.
Title: LABORATORY DIAGNOSTIC LINK TO FEMALE INFERTILITY
Author: Gowri Meena S, Rajeswari S, Swaminathan S
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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