Gonadotropin secretory dynamics in polycystic ovary syndrome

Current Opinion in Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 475-479

  Baker, Elizabeth M ^a   Flora, Stefanie A ^a   Ferguson, James E ^a   Evans, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN B; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

CALORIC RESTRICTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; OBESITY; OVARY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0038687027     PISSN: 10683097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00060793-200212000-00006     Document Type: Review

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