Plasma prolactin/oestradiol ratio at 38 weeks gestation predicts the duration of lactational amenorrhoea

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2540-2545

  Campino, Carmen ^a   Torres, Claudia ^b   Rioseco, Alonso ^a   Poblete, Andrés ^a   Pugin, Edda ^a   Valdés, Verónica ^a   Catalán, Silvia ^a   Belmar, Cristián ^a   Serón Ferré, María ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Duration of amenorrhoea; Lactational amenorrhoea; Oestradiol; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ESTRONE DERIVATIVE; MARKER; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LACTATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERIUM; SAMPLING; SUCKLING; TIME;

EID: 0035652380     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.12.2540     Document Type: Article

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