Repeoductive Flashcards
Adrenal glands
DHEAS
Work up for hirsutism
Shea’s - adrenals
Testosterone- ovaries
17 OH P - CAH
Work up for nonclassic adrenal hyperplasia
17-OHP
21 hydroxylase deficiency
Treatment of hirsutism
OCPs Spirinolactone Cyproterone acetate Finasteride Flutamide Metformin and thiazolinediones
Action of finasteride
Inhibits 5alpha reductase activty
Flutamide reduction in ferriman gallwet score
41.3%
Spirinolactone teduction in ferriman gallwet score
38.4%
Most direct evidence of androgen excess
Total testosterone more than 2 ng/mL
Measurement of estradiol in serum
Picograms per mL
Measuremenr if testosterone
Nanograms per mL
Most strikingly elevated steroid in PCOS
Androstenedione of ovarian
PCOS dose of metformin
Metformin 500 1-1-1
Post menopausal FSH levels
> 100 IU/L
Define amenorrhea
Absence of menses by age 15
Failure to menstruate 3 yrs after peak growth velocity
How does high insulin cause pcos?
Highinsulin
Enumerate the different criteria for pcos
- rotterdam
- NIH
- androgen council
Defective neuronal proteins in Kallmann syndrome
Anosmin1 (encoded by KAL1 gene)
FGF Type I (encoded by FGFR)
Neurotransmitter effect on GnRG
NE- stimulates
Dopa- inhibitory
Endorphins- inh
Opioids- inhibitory
What is the role of kisspeptin
—- makes mutations of, cause hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
Binding of kisspeptin to G protein coupled Kiss1R Stimulates gnRH release in the hypothalamus
Mechanism of action of Gonadotropin releasing hormone agonists
Initial flare
Downregularion of axis in 1-3 weeks due to 1) desensitization 2) loss of receptors
% of thw anterior pit cells that are gonadotrophs
7-15%
Inhibin secreted by the ovarian granulosa cells during the folliculae phase
Inhibin B
Inhibin secreted by the corpus puteum during the luteal phase
Inhibin B
Negatively regulates function of activin
Follistatin
Activin- stimulate FSH
Inhibin- inhibit FSH (along with estrogen)