Evidence for attenuation of gonadotropin pulse frequency in hypergonadotropic women with estradiol secretion in the menopausal transition

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-97

  Ushiroyama, Takahisa ^a   Ikeda, Atsushi ^a   Ueki, Minoru ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climacteric symptoms; Pituitary sensitivity; Pulse secretion

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; CLIMACTERIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; JAPAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; SECRETORY RATE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 0032906052     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00038-9     Document Type: Article

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