Effects of a training program on resting plasma 2- hydroxycatecholestrogen levels in eumenorrheic women

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1551-1556

  De Crée, Carl ^a,d   Ball, Peter ^b   Seidlitz, Bärbel ^b   Van Kranenburg, Gerrit ^c   Geurten, Peter ^c   Keizer, Hans A ^c  

^a Dept Appl Exp Repro Endocrinol ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Inst Gyneco Endocrinological Res   (Belgium)

Author keywords

2 Hydroxylase; Amenorrhea; Anovulation; Catechol O methyltransferase; Catecholamines; Estrogens

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL ESTROGEN; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CATECHOLAMINE; ESTROGEN; NORADRENALIN; OXYGENASE;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030694190     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.83.5.1551     Document Type: Article

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