Association of the genetic variants of luteinizing hormone, luteinizing hormone receptor and polycystic ovary syndrome

• Main Authors: Liu Nana (Author), Ma Yanmin (Author), Wang Shuyu (Author), Zhang Xiaowei (Author), Zhang Qiufang (Author), Zhang Xue (Author), Fu Li (Author), Qiao Jie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>High circulating luteinizing hormone (LH) level is a typical biochemical feature of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) whose pathophysiology is still unclear. Certain mutations of LH and LH receptor (LHR) may lead to changes in bioacti...