Hypokalemia alters sex hormone and gonadotropin levels: Evidence that FSH may be required for luteinization

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 275, Issue 6 38-6, 1998, Pages

  Tejada, Francisco ^a   Cremades, Asunción ^a   Avilés, Manuel ^a   Castells, Maria T ^a   Peñafiel, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Mice; Potassium

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; POTASSIUM; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOKALEMIA; LUTEINIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS;

EID: 0032439133     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1998.275.6.e1037     Document Type: Article

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