Relationship between Symptom Severity and Steroid Variation in Women with Premenstrual Syndrome: Study on Serum Pregnenolone, Pregnenolone Sulfate, 5α-Pregnane-3,20-Dione and 3α-Hydroxy-5α-Pregnan-20-One

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1076-1082

  Wang, Mingde ^a   Seippel, Lena ^a   Purdy, Robert H ^b   Bäckström, Torbjörn ^a,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 5ALPHA PREGNANE 3,20 DIONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PREGNENOLONE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATING SCALE;

5-ALPHA-DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; ADULT; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PREGNANEDIONES; PREGNANOLONE; PREGNENOLONE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0029961691     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.81.3.8772579     Document Type: Article

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