Neuroendocrine response to an intravenous L-tryptophan challenge in women with premenstrual syndrome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 144-149

  Rasgon, Natalie ^a   McGuire, Michael ^a   Tanavoli, Sohrab ^a   Fairbanks, Lynn ^a   Rapkin, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

L tryptophan; Premenstrual syndrome; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; KINETICS; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0033971503     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00452-5     Document Type: Article

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