Effect of follicle stimulating hormone or human chorionic gonadotrophin treatment on the production of gonadotrophin surge attenuating factor (GnSAF) during the luteal phase of the human menstrual cycle

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-175

  Messinis, I E ^a   Lolis, D ^a   Zikopoulos, K ^a   Milingos, S ^a   Kollios, G ^a   Seferiadis, K ^a   Templeton, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERTILITY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADAL HORMONES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEINS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0030042187     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.589411.x     Document Type: Article

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