A longitudinal study of disturbances of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in women with progestin-negative functional hypothalamic amenorrhea

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 748-752

  Kondoh, Yoshihito ^a,c   Uemura, Tsuguo ^a,b   Murase, Mariko ^a   Yokoi, Natsuko ^a   Ishikawa, Masahiko ^a   Hirahara, Fumiki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fujisawa City Hospital   (Japan)

^c Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cortisol; HCRH; Secondary hypothalamic amenorrhea

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ESTRADIOL CONGENERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MESTRANOL; NORETHINDRONE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; PROGESTINS; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034814032     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)02000-3     Document Type: Article

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