Successful induction of ovulation and completed pregnancy using recombinant human luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone in a woman with Kallmann's syndrome

Abstract

The induction of ovulation in women with hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism requires follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) for follicular growth and both FSH and luteinizing hormone (LH) to induce optimal follicular steroidogenesis. The development of human recombinant FSH and LH means that individually tailored doses of both hormones can be used with the aim of inducing unifollicular ovulation. This report describes the use of recombinant human FSH and LH for the induction of ovulation and conception in the second cycle of treatment, and subsequently a successfully completed pregnancy in a woman with Kallmann's syndrome.