Demonstration of progesterone receptor-mediated gonadotrophin suppression in the human male

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 506-512

  Brady, B M ^a   Anderson, R A ^a   Kinniburgh, D ^a   Baird, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESOGESTREL; FERTILAL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; DESOGESTREL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HORMONES; HUMANS; INHIBINS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0344211447     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01751.x     Document Type: Article

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