Control of LH secretory-burst frequency and interpulse-interval regularity in women

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 285, Issue 5 48-5, 2003, Pages

  Keenan, Daniel M ^a   Evans, William S ^a   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Female; Human; Hypothalamus; Leuteinizing hormone; Pituitary; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; LATENT PERIOD; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0142084685     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00133.2003     Document Type: Article

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