Altered morning and nighttime pulsatile corticotropin and cortisol release in polycystic ovary syndrome

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-148

  Invitti, Cecilia ^b   De Martin, Martina ^b   Delitala, Giuseppe ^b   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^b   Cavagnini, Francesco ^a  

^a Ist Scientifico Ospedale San Luca   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE;

EID: 0031931499     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(98)90210-4     Document Type: Article

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