to investigate whether food deprivation affects hormone release from pituitary gonadotrophs , luteinizing hormone ( lh ) and follicle-stimulating hormone ( fsh ) responses to intravenous ( iv ) administration of 50 micrograms gonadotropin-releasing hormone ( gnrh ) were determined in 12 healthy subjects ( six women and six men ) after an overnight fast and after a fasting period of 56 hours .
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hormone
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luteinizing hormone