Decrease in melatonin precedes follicle-stimulating hormone increase during perimenopause

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 188-192

  Vakkuri, Olli ^a   Kivelä, Aarre ^a   Leppäluoto, Juhani ^a   Valtonen, Maija ^b   Kauppila, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029815378     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1350188     Document Type: Article

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