Short-term suppression of ovarian function and immune measures in healthy women

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 749-768

  Flory, Janine D ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^a   Sistilli, Cathy G ^b   Caggiula, Anthony R ^a   Berga, Sarah L ^a   Owens, F Jane ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune measures; Reliability; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LEUPRORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MITOGENIC AGENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POKEWEED MITOGEN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CIRCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HABITUATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OVARY FUNCTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDARDIZATION; STRESS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD56; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUPROLIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY; PREMENOPAUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0036075896     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(01)00078-6     Document Type: Article

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