Ovarian control of pituitary hormone secretion in early human pregnancy

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 1359-1363

  Emmi, A M ^a,b   Skurnick, J ^a   Goldsmith, L T ^a,b   Gagliardi, C L ^a,b   Schmidt, C L ^a,b   Kleinberg, D ^b   Weiss, G ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RELAXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARY; PITUITARY HORMONES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RELAXIN; SEX HORMONES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025769001     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-72-6-1359     Document Type: Article

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