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  • noun Plural form of gonadotropin.

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Examples

  • The drug inhibits secretion of hormones called gonadotropins, which surge at menopause and skyrocket in people with Alzheimer's.

    7 WAYS TO SAVE A BRAIN 2007

  • When the pituitary senses a high-enough level of estrogen for a long-enough period, it responds with a surge of gonadotropins.

    A Baby at Last! Mark L. Fuerst 2010

  • The agreement expands the list of banned substances to include insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1), gonadotropins, aromatase inhibitors, selective estrogen receptor modulators and anti-estrogens.

    Suspensions voided as drug agreement reached 2008

  • But the injectable gonadotropins that we use for in vitro fertilization can be uncontrolled and if you don't monitor properly, this kind of outcome can occur.

    CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2009 2009

  • The parties also enlarged the list of banned substances, so don't go trying gonadotropins, aromatase inhibitors, or selective estrogen receptor modulators.

    Roger I. Abrams: Drug Testing Hubris 2008

  • It possesses progestogenic activity and suppresses the secretion of gonadotropins.

    Hello Ginette 35 meet Risma 17 You are going to make her Blind 2007

  • It possesses progestogenic activity and suppresses the secretion of gonadotropins.

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • This helps release the proper amounts of gonadotropins FSH and LH into your bloodstream.

    Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

  • Thus far, the best characterized FOXL2 target genes are involved in steroidogenesis: the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor (GnRHr), the alpha subunit of the gonadotropins (Cga), and the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) [15] - [17]

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mara Marongiu et al. 2010

  • Grouping voiced contraceptives (COCs) apprehension ago hiding of gonadotropins.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local EarlyBird 2010

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