Exogenous melatonin enhances luteinizing hormone levels of women in the follicular but not in the luteal menstrual phase

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 996-999

  Cagnacci, A ^a   Soldani, R ^a   Yen, S S C ^a  

^a University Hospital San Giovanni di Dio   (Italy)

Author keywords

humans; LH; Melatonin; menstrual cycle; reproduction

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDWELLING CATHETER; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0028912786     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)57536-0     Document Type: Article

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