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Journal of Andrology, Vol 4, Issue 5 303-311, Copyright © 1983 by The American Society of Andrology

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Data on virilization and erotosexual behavior in male hypogonadotropic hypopituitarism during gonadotropin and androgen treatment

R. R. Clopper, T. Mazur, M. H. MacGillivray, R. E. Peterson and M. L. Voorhess

The goal of this investigation was to assess whether or not gonadotropin therapy enhanced the degree of virilization and psychosexual behavior of men with hypogonadotropic hypopituitarism. Pre- and post-gonadotropin assessments of virilization in four men indicated that gonadotropin therapy was associated with dramatic improvements in the degree of virilization that each man previously obtained on androgen only. Retrospective interview data on erotosexual behavior indicated improved erotosexual function on gonadotropin as compared to the prior androgen treatment. These data suggest that complete virilization in these men was partially gonadotropin dependent. Whether or not the behavioral benefits reported by these men represented a direct or synergistic effect of gonadotropin in the expression of erotosexual behavior or an indirect effect of improved virilization can not be answered by these data.




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