Ovarian 17α-hydroxyprogesterone responses to GnRH analog testing in oligomenorrheic insulin-dependent diabetic

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 624-629

  Virdis, Raffaele ^a,b   Zampolli, Maria ^b   Street, Maria E ^b   Vanelli, Maurizio ^b   Potau, Neus ^c   Terzi, Cesare ^b   Ghizzoni, Lucia ^b   Ibanez, Lourdes ^c  

^a Hospital of Piacenza   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; LEUPRORELIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRESS;

EID: 0030742231     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1360624     Document Type: Article

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