Ovarian function in female patients with multibacillary leprosy

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-105

  Neena, Khanna ^a   Ammini, A C ^a   Singh, Manjula ^a   Pandhi, Ravindra Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; OVARY FUNCTION; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LEPROSY, BORDERLINE; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUATION; OVARY; PROLACTIN;

EID: 0042268516     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1489/1544-581X(2003)071<0101:OFIFPW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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