Circulating testosterone in pure motor stroke
Dash, R.J.; Sethi, B.K.; Nalini, K.; Singh, S.
Functional Neurology 6(1): 29-34
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0393-5264 PMID: 2055548 Document Number: 378908
Serum LH, FSH and testosterone were quantitated in 9 patients with pure motor stroke within 24-48 h of its reported onset. High circulating LH with normal or low testosterone was noted in 8 of them. In response to an intravenous bolus of GnRH, the LH responses were exaggerated in all, but the FSH responses in 7 of them were comparable to those in eugonadal age matched controls. The rise in testosterone following 2000U hCG daily for 3 consecutive days was insignificant in the patients group compared to the controls. The data suggest normally operative pituitary testicular feed-back but decreased Leydig cell response in pure motor stroke.