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    Glossary Luteinizing Hormone

    hormone from the pituitary gland that triggers ovulation or testosterone production

    Luteinizing Hormone (LH) is a hormone produced by the pituitary gland that plays a crucial role in regulating the reproductive system. In women, LH triggers ovulation and stimulates the production of progesterone, while in men, it stimulates the production of testosterone.

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    1. Effects of Prenatal Treatment with Antiandrogens on Luteinizing Hormone Secretion and Sex Steroid Concentrations in Adult Spotted Hyenas, Crocuta crocuta1 Biology of Reproduction · 2002 · 37 citations
    2. Luteinizing Hormone and Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Decrease Type 2 5α-Reductase and Androgen Receptor Protein Levels in Women’s Skin The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 1998 · 13 citations
    3. Hormonal and Immunological Correlations in Alopecia Areata Patients: Focus on Luteinizing Hormone (LH) and Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) South Asian Research Journal of Biology and Applied Biosciences · 2026
    4. Association of follicle-stimulating hormone receptor gene ser680 asn (rs6166) polymorphism with polycystic ovarian syndrome International journal of reproduction, contraception, obstetrics and gynecology · 2016 · 4 citations
    5. Serum phoenixin-14 and phoenixin-20 concentrations in polycystic ovary syndrome: Associations with anti-Müllerian hormone and diagnostic utility Biomolecules and Biomedicine · 2026
    6. SERUM STEROIDS AND PITUITARY HORMONES IN FEMALE PUBERTY: A PARTLY LONGITUDINAL STUDY Clinical Endocrinology · 1980 · 186 citations
    7. Treatment of Hirsutism with a Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist (Nafarelin)∗ 1986 · 77 citations
    8. Hormonal control of pelage cycles in the short tailed weasel (Mustela erminea bangsi) General and Comparative Endocrinology · 1965 · 68 citations
    9. Receiver operating characteristic analysis of the performance of basal serum hormone profiles for the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome in epidemiological studies European journal of endocrinology · 2001 · 66 citations
    10. Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist therapy for hirsutism is as effective as high dose cyproterone acetate but results in a longer remission Human reproduction · 1997 · 49 citations
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