Abnormal cortisol secretion and responses to corticotropin-releasing hormone in women with hypothalamic amenorrhea

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 311-317

  Biller, Beverly M K ^a   Federoff, Howard J ^a,b   Koenig, James I ^a   Klibanski, Anne ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; RADIOISOTOPE;

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES--ANALYSIS; AMENORRHEA--ETIOLOGY; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; BODY WEIGHT--CHANGES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HORMONES--ADMINISTRACTION AND DOSAGE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; MASSACHUSETTS; MENSTRUATION DISORDERS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADORELIN; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; STRESS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WEIGHT LOSS;

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EID: 0025015203     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-70-2-311     Document Type: Article

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