Sentences with phrase «called gonadotropin»

And drugs called gonadotropin - releasing hormone agonists can shrink the tumors, though they are linked to side effects similar to menopause, such as hot flashes.

If the incontinence is resistant to treatment (called refractory urinary incontinence), then the medication class called gonadotropins may help.

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Your body will release a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG).

Both a blood pregnancy test and a home pregnancy test will identify the presence of the pregnancy hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and will determine if you are pregnant or not.

Interestingly, scientists are now linking a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin with morning sickness, and note that baby girls produce more than baby boys.

First, pregnancy tests look for a hormone present in the urine or blood called human chorionic gonadotropin.

Fetuses produce a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin, which camouflages them from the mother's immune system.

Puberty begins when a part of the brain called the hypothalamus begins pumping out gonadotropin - releasing hormone (GNRH) which in turn prompts the gonads to develop and the body to change.

Dr. Swan is senior investigator on this presentation, which provides new information about how phthalates target a key pregnancy hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which is made by the placenta and can be measured in the mother's blood and urine.

The hypothalamus links the nervous system to the endocrine system by synthsizing and secreting neurohormones, often called releasing hormones, as needed that control the secretion of hormones from the anterior pituitary gland â $» among them, gonadotropin - releasing hormone (GnRH).

The frog test works because a pregnant woman's urine contains a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG.

A variable disorder that is marked especially by amenorrhea, hirsutism, obesity, infertility, and ovarian enlargement and is usually initiated by an elevated level of luteinizing hormone, androgen, or estrogen which results in an abnormal cycle of gonadotropin release by the pituitary gland — abbreviation PCOS — called also polycystic ovary disease, polycystic ovary syndrome, polycystic ovary disease, Stein - Leventhal syndrome.

Pregnancy tests work by checking your urine (pee) for a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG).