Post-suckling prolactin:oestradiol ratio - A potential index to predict the duration of lactational amenorrhoea in women

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1421-1426

  Campino, C ^a   Ampuero, S ^a   Diaz S ^b   Lopez J M ^a   Seron Ferre M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva   (Chile)

Author keywords

Lactational amenorrhoea; Oestradiol; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROLACTIN;

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030881267     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.7.1421     Document Type: Article

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