“…In AN the levels of the gonadotropins-the luteinizing (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)-in urine and blood are uniformly low in girls and boys following puberty (Beumont et al, 1972(Beumont et al, , 1973Buvat, Lemaire, Buvat-Herbout, Lepretre, & Fourlinnie, 1983;Brown et al, 1977;Danowski et al, 1973;Emanuel, 1956;Isaacs, Leslie, Gomez, & Bayliss, 1980;Lemaire et al, 1983;Lundberg et al, 1971;Marshall & Fraser, 1971;Russell et al, 1965;Wakeling & DeSouza, 1983;Warren & Vande Wiele, 1973). The reduction in E, levels can be accounted for by depressed resting urinary or serum luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels (Mecklenburg, Loriaux, Thompson, Anderson, & Lipsett, 1974).…”