Serum LH/FSH ratios in 87 infants with differences of sex development

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  • Marie Lindhardt Ljubicic
  • Trine Holm Johannsen
  • Margit Bistrup Fischer
  • Emmie N. Upners
  • Alexander S. Busch
  • Main, Katharina Maria
  • Anna Maria Andersson
  • Casper P. Hagen
  • Juul, Anders
The ratio between luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) has previously been described as an excellent marker of sex in healthy infants. However, LH/FSH remains not fully described in patients with differences of sex development (DSD). The aim was therefore to describe LH/FSH in infants with DSD. This was a retrospective study of DSD patients, all aged 0–1.2 years. In total, 87 infants with DSD and at least one serum sample per infant were included. Longitudinal samples from single patients were included whenever possible. Serum LH/FSH ratios in these patients were plotted against recently published age-related and sex-dimorphic cutoffs. Overall, LH/FSH sometimes corresponded to assigned sex without any obvious pattern in terms of diagnoses. LH/FSH corresponded to the biological sex in all patients with Turner or Klinefelter syndrome. In patients with 46,XX or 46,XY DSD (except congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)), the ratios did not correspond to the assigned sex in all cases and were interchangeably within the male and female range. In patients with CAH, the ratio corresponded to biological sex (based on sex chromosomes) in some cases but also ranged across the cutoffs. In the 15 patients with 45,X/46,XY mosaicism, the LH/FSH ratios corresponded to the assigned sex in all cases (12 were raised as males, 3 as females) and at all time points in cases with multiple sampling. While this study describes LH/FSH in infants with DSD, the exact clinical role of the ratio in the management of these patients remains to be further elucidated.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummere220275
TidsskriftEndocrine Connections
Vol/bind12
Udgave nummer3
Antal sider7
ISSN2049-3614
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2023

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Funding Information:
The COPENHAGEN Minipuberty Study received financial support from: (1) The Candy Foundation, 2017-224 and 2020-344 (E N U); (2) The Absalon Foundation, F-23653-01 (M L L); (3) The European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, No 733032 HBM4EU (A M A); (4) The Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Miljøstyrelsen): MST-621-00012 Center on Endocrine Disrupters (A J); (5) The Research council of Capital Region of Denmark: E-22717-11 (A J); (6) Research council of Rigshospitalet: Nos. E-22717-12, E-22717-07, E-22717-08 (A J, A S B, M L L); (7) Aase og Ejnar Danielsens Fond: 10-001874 (A J); and (8) International Research and Research Training Centre for Male Reproduction and Child Health (EDMaRC): 1500321/1604357 (A S B).

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