Menopausal flushes: Effect of pituitary gonadotropin desensitization by a potent luteinizing hormone-releasing factor agonist

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1981, Pages 1056-1058

  Casper, Robert F ^a,b   Yen, Samuel S C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Clayton Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

AGE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG THERAPY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FLUSHING; GONADORELIN[6 TRYPTOPHAN 9 PROLINE]; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENOPAUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; THERAPY; THERMOREGULATION;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMACTERIC; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADORELIN; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0019746520     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-53-5-1056     Document Type: Article

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