Negative feedback effects of gonadal steroids are preserved with aging in postmenopausal women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2297-2302

  Gill, Sabrina ^a   Lavoie, Helene B ^a   Bo Abbas, Yousef ^a   Hall, Janet E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0036096642     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.87.5.8510     Document Type: Article

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