Resonance in the menstrual cycle: A new model of the LH surge

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-300

  Zeeman, Mary Lou ^a   Weckesser, W ^b   Gokhman, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency interaction; GnRH pulses; LH surge; Mathematical model; Oestradiol; Resonance

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; KALLMANN SYNDROME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OSCILLATOR; OVULATION; PREDICTION; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; PULSE GENERATOR; PULSE RATE; REPRODUCTION; TIME; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0141994957     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61867-6     Document Type: Article

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