Increased prevalence of luteinizing hormone β-subunit variant in patients with premature ovarian failure

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 96-101

  Takahashi, Kentaro ^a   Ozaki, Tomoya ^a   Okada, Masako ^a   Kurioka, Hiroko ^a   Kanasaki, Haruhiko ^a   Miyazaki, Kohji ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

subunit variant; Female reproductive disease; Immunoassays; LH; Ovulatory disorders; Premature ovarian failure

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; LUTEAL INSUFFICIENCY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OVARY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE;

EID: 0032893792     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00409-9     Document Type: Article

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