International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 12

Comparison of the Levels of LH and FSH, TSH, Prolactin, Progesterone and Estradiol Hormones between Iranian Infertile Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Healthy Women

  • Author:
  • Amir Hossein Hashemi1, Hossein Mozdarani2,, Anoosh Naghavi3
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 370 to 375

1Departemt of Biology (Genetics), Payame Noor University (PNU), P.O. Box: 19395-3697, Tehran, Iran

2Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

3Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

*Corresponding email: mozdarah@modares.ac.ir

Online published on 3 October, 2018.

Abstract

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) with the prevalence of 5 to 7% among Iranian women is a leading cause of infertility and endocrine disorder. Metabolic disorders such as increased levels of LH and FSH hormones in these patients was common and influences health of women with PCOS in long-term. Treatment of female infertility and other complications in many cases need to regulate hormones and receive exogenous hormone, and then the effect of female hormones on the disease is very important. In this study, levels of Luteinizing hormone (LH) and Folliclestimulating hormone (FSH) and other female hormones among Iranian women with PCOS and infertility and healthy people were measured in this regard and values were compared. The result of this study showed that LH and progesterone hormone levels were significantly different in this syndrome than healthy women.

Keywords

Polycystic ovary syndrome, Endocrine disorders, Infertility, Luteinizing hormone, Follicle-stimulating hormone