Neurohypophysial hormone and melatonin secretion over the natural and suppressed menstrual cycle in premenopausal women

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-216

  Kostoglou Athanassiou, Ifigenia ^a,c   Athanassiou, Panagiotis ^b   Treacher, David F ^a   Wheeler, Michael J ^a   Forsling, Mary L ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MELATONIN; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; OXYTOCIN; SODIUM; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEMATOCRIT; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSMOLALITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MELATONIN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXYTOCIN; PREMENOPAUSE; SODIUM; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0031854750     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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