Seasonal changes in pituitary function: Amplification of midfollicular luteinizing hormone secretion during the dark season

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 718-720

  Martikainen, H ^a   Ruokonen, A ^a   Tomas, C ^a   Kauppila, A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

follicle stimulating hormone; gonadotropin; luteinizing hormone; ovary; Pituitary; pulse analysis; reproduction; seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0029979543     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58202-8     Document Type: Article

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