Low levels of serum inhibin A and inhibin B in women with hypergonadotropic amenorrhea and evidence of high levels of activin A in women with hypothalamic amenorrhea

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 907-912

  Petraglia, Felice ^a   Hartmann, Beda ^b   Luisi, Stefano ^b   Florio, Pasquale ^b   Kirchengast, Silvia ^b   Santuz, Massimo ^b   Genazzani, Alessandro D ^b   Genazzani, Andrea R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Activin A; Hypergonadotropic amenorrhea; Hypothalamic amenorrhea; Inhibin A; Inhibin B; Menopause; Premature ovarian failure

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN A; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACTIVINS; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032213032     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00283-0     Document Type: Article

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