Secondary amenorrhea and infertility caused by an inhibin-B-producing ovarian fibrothecoma

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 258-260

  Meyer, Angela C ^a   Papadimitriou, John C ^a   Silverberg, Steven G ^a   Sharara, Fady I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Fibrothecoma; Infertility; Inhibin B; Ovarian tumor

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; THECOMA;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INHIBINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; THECOMA;

EID: 0033983869     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00511-7     Document Type: Article

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