Prolactin pulsatile characteristics in postmenopausal women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 761-764

  Katznelson, Laurence ^a   Riskind, Peter N ^a   Saxe, Velia C ^a   Klibanski, Anne ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROLACTIN; PULSATILE FLOW; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0031733507     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.3.761     Document Type: Article

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