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Medicina & Laboratorio 2017; 23 (07-08)
Clinical utility of anti-mullerian hormone measurement in children
Lasprilla-Tovar JD, Henao-Ochoa C, Alfaro-Velásquez JM, Campuzano-Maya G
Language: Spanish
References: 103
Page: 311-330
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ABSTRACT
The antimullerian hormone, initially referred as mullerian inhibitory substance, is a 12.5 kDa
homodimeric glycoprotein, belonging to the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) family that playing
a crucial role in male sexual differentiation by favoring regression of the Mullerian ducts. Since
their production in the male is mainly by the immature Sertoli cells, in the last decades its usefulness
has growth beyond the evaluation of the ovarian function and female fertility treatments, which has
allowed evaluating the testicular function in male and affections such as hypogonadism, disorders of
sexual differentiation, pathological puberty, cryptorchidism and others clinical conditions reviewed in
this manuscript. In addition, this review describes the physiological role of the antimüllerian hormone
in the prepubertal testes and the laboratory tests available for its measurement.
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