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#LH
#Cholesterol
t
cholesterol desmolase (#thecal cells)
V
3ß-hydroxysteroid
dehydrogenase
Pregnenolone
Progesterone
17a-hydroxylase
17-Hydroxypregnenolone
17,20-lyase
Dehydroepiandrosterone
3ß-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
#Androstenedione
17B-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
FSH
V
#Testosterone
Đ
#aromatase
(granulosa cells)
V
#Estradiol
Pregnenolone Progesterone ... dehydrogenase FSH V #Testosterone
ACTH
LH
Cholesterol
cholesterol desmolase
Pregnenolone
17a-hydroxylase 17 Hydroxyregnenolone
17,20-lyase
3B-hydroxysteroid
dehydrogenase
3B-hydroxysteroid
dehydrogenase
17a-hydroxylase
#Progesterone
17-Hydroxyprogesterone
17,20-lyase
21ß-hydroxylase
21ß-hydroxylase
11-Deoxycorticosterone
11-Deoxycortisol
11ß-hydroxylase
11ß-hydroxylase
#Cortisol
#Dehydroepiandrosterone
#DHEA
3ß-hydroxysteroid
dehydrogenase
个
#Androstenedione
#17B-hydroxysteroid
#dehydrogenase
#Testosterone
#aromatase
#FSH
#Estradiol
#5a reductase
#Corticosterone
aldosterone synthase
#Aldosterone
Angiotensin ||
#Dihydrotestosterone
(DHT)
17a-hydroxylase #Progesterone ... dehydrogenase #Testosterone
Menstrual Cycle Physiology: the Uterine Cycle
The endometrium has receptors for ovarian hormones! Changes in structure and
Note: The drop in progesterone ... short course of progesterone ... days once the progesterone ... termination of progesterone ... days once the progesterone
Contraception and CKD
Preferred Contraception in kidney disease: Intrauterine devices and progesterone only methods
Avoid combined progesterone/estrogen pills

#Contraception
Intrauterine devices and progesterone ... Avoid combined progesterone
Menstrual Cycle Physiology: Ovarian Cycle – Luteal Phase Explained
 • The LH surge can be thought
to run and make progesterone ... of estrogen and progesterone ... large amount of progesterone ... combination of high progesterone ... corpus luteum so progesterone
Menstrual Cycle Physiology: Correlating the Ovarian and Uterine Cycles
Note: Some charts show different relative levels of
to estrogen and progesterone ... estrogen with progesterone ... which secretes progesterone ... sharp decline in progesterone ... hormones, mostly progesterone
Exogenous Testosterone Side Effects
 • Mood disorder, Depression, Aggression
 • ↑ Erythropoiesis
 • Hypogonadism +/-BPH, prostate
Exogenous Testosterone ... #Exogenous #Testosterone
Hypogonadism Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low testosterone, Normal or low LH, Normal or low FSH -
Algorithm • Low testosterone ... hypogonadism • Normal testosterone ... etiologies • Normal testosterone ... disease • Low testosterone ... Algorithm #Low #Testosterone
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications
Aging
 -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
-> Increased Testosterone ... -> Testosterone ... Conversion of testosterone ... pituitary -> Decr Testosterone
Anemia - Underproduction Diagnostic Algorithm
 - Iron deficiency anemia
 - Anemia of chronic inflammation
 - Anemia
TSH, LFTs, +/- testosterone