Lack of association of the common immunologically anomalous LH with endometriosis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1532-1534

  Gazvani, R ^a   Pakarinen, P ^b   Fowler, P ^a   Logan, S ^a   Huhtaniemi, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Luteinizing hormone; Variant; subunit

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GONAD FUNCTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEROIDOGENESIS; SUBFERTILITY; WILD TYPE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; RISK FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035989356     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.6.1532     Document Type: Article

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