Kikuchi F Author
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Isolated FSH deficiency; FSH? gene; Mutation; Azoospermia; Case report
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, 7610793, Japan
Kikuchi F is working in a Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, 7610793, Japan. He has published more articles and he has good knowledge in Cesarean scar pregnancy; Ectopic pregnancy; Treatment.
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Author(s): Imachi H, Yoshimoto T, Kikuchi F, Fukunaga K, Ibata T, Kobayashi T, Zhang XZ, Ueta M, Murao K
Isolated FSH deficiency was first described in a young woman with primary amenorrhea. A homozygous deletion of two base pairs affecting the FSHβ gene was later reported to account for isolated FSH deficiency in an Italian woman. A few other cases of isolated FSH deficiency were described with compound heterozygous or homozygous mutations in the coding region of the FSHβ gene. Previously we report clinical, biochemical, and molecular analyses of a young male patient affected with isolated FSH deficiency and azoospermia with no evidence of mutations in the coding sequence of t... view moreĀ»