Gonadotropin, ACTH, prolactin, sexual steroid and cortisol levels in postmenopausal women's cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-280

  Molnár, Gábor ^a,b   Kassai Bazsa, Zsuzsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

CSF hormones; Estradiol; Gonadotropins; Postmenopause

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BARRIER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030942003     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(96)00764-9     Document Type: Article

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