Identification of anovulation and transient luteal function using a urinary pregnanediol-3-glucuronide ratio algorithm

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 408-413

  Kassam, Amir ^a   Overstreet, James W ^a   Snow Harter, Christine ^b   De Souza, Mary Jane ^c   Gold, Ellen B ^a   Lasley, Bill L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW BRITAIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anovulation; Luteal function; Pregnanediol 3 glucuronide; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PREGNANEDIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029998341     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104408     Document Type: Article

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