Timing of initiation of the preovulatory luteinizing hormone surge and its relationship with the circadian cortisol rhythm in the human

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 158-163

  Kerdelhué, Bernard ^a,b,c   Brown, Samuel ^a   Lenoir, Véronique ^b   Queenan Jr , John T ^a   Jones, Georgeanna Seegar ^a   Scholler, Robert ^b   Jones Jr , Howard W ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES ET BIOLOGIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroids; Circadian rhythms; Clinical neuroendocrinology; Gonadal steroids; Gonadotropins; Menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; STIMULUS SECRETION COUPLING;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036204328     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048233     Document Type: Article

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