Hormone profile during the menstrual cycle at high altitude

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-58

  Escudero, F ^a   Gonzales, G F ^a   Gonz C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Follicular phase; High altitude; Luteal phase; Menstrual cycle; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030272209     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7292(96)02697-5     Document Type: Article

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