Elevation of oxytocin and the oxytocin-associated neurophysin in the plasma of normal women during midcycle

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1981, Pages 1229-1232

  Amico, Janet A ^a   Seif, Said M ^a   Robinson, Alan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPHYSIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PREGNANCY;

ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MENSTRUATION; NEUROPHYSINS; OXYTOCIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0019747258     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-53-6-1229     Document Type: Article

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