Follicle-stimulating hormone is secreted more irregularly than luteinizing hormone in both humans and sheep

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1318-1324

  Pincus, Steven M ^a   Padmanabhan, Vasantha ^b   Lemon, William ^b   Randolph, John ^b   Midgley, A Rees ^b  

^a University of Michigan ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin; Infertility; Irregularity; Menopause; Pulsatility

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SHEEP;

EID: 0032521130     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI985     Document Type: Article

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