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      Differentiation of the Fetal Gonad

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      Hormone Research in Paediatrics
      S. Karger AG
      Testis, Anti-Müllerian hormone, Gonadotrophins, Inhibins, Ovary, Steroidogenesis

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          Abstract

          Gonadal differentiation may be divided into four stages: pregonadal, indifferent, primary sex differentiation, and secondary sex differentiation. Sertoli cells appear at 6-7 weeks and Ley dig cells differentiate at 8 weeks, but in ovaries, primary sex differentiation occurs much later. Testosterone secretion peaks at 12-16 weeks causing male secondary sex development together with the appearance of anti-Müllerian hormone. Fetal testis is able to synthesize and secrete inhibins. Lower circulating luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) levels in male than in female fetuses at midgestation suggest that the fetal pituitary is already responsive to the gonadal hormones. Placental human chorionic gonadotrophin may regulate testosterone synthesis at midgestation, and both LH and FSH are likely to have some regulatory effect on fetal gonads during the last third of gestation.

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          Journal
          HRE
          Horm Res Paediatr
          10.1159/issn.1663-2818
          Hormone Research in Paediatrics
          S. Karger AG
          978-3-8055-5740-5
          978-3-318-01971-1
          1663-2818
          1663-2826
          1992
          1992
          03 December 2008
          : 38
          : Suppl 2
          : 66-71
          Affiliations
          Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Helsinki, Finland
          Article
          182601 Horm Res 1992;38:66–71
          10.1159/000182601
          1292985
          6f36a003-e13c-48a0-ad69-d38fab8285dd
          © 1992 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          Pages: 6
          Categories
          Intersexuality

          Endocrinology & Diabetes,Neurology,Nutrition & Dietetics,Sexual medicine,Internal medicine,Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
          Gonadotrophins,Testis,Steroidogenesis,Ovary,Anti-Müllerian hormone,Inhibins

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