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01-07-2014 | Editor’s Commentary

At the crossroads of bench and bedside: how gonadotropins do their thing!

Author: David F. Albertini

Published in: Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics | Issue 7/2014

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No single sentinel better captures the reproductive fitness of organisms than the gonadotropic hormones. Whether alluding to the sustaining forces of spermatogenesis or the cascade of events ushering in ovulation, this remarkable duo of glycoproteins, FSH and LH, purposely and heroically serve as the centerpiece of the reproductive axis for those multicellular organisms whose survival and propagation lie in the waiting. So it is after a protracted period of neglect that we draw attention in this issue of JARG to tales of FSH and LH of immediate clinical and experimental import. First to the bedside! …

Title: At the crossroads of bench and bedside: how gonadotropins do their thing!
Author: David F. Albertini
Publication date: 01-07-2014
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics / Issue 7/2014
Print ISSN: 1058-0468
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7330
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-014-0283-3

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