Serum pattern of circulating free leptin, bound leptin, and soluble leptin receptor in the physiological menstrual cycle

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 398-402

  Geisthövel, Franz ^a   Jochmann, Nicoline ^b   Widjaja, Adji ^c   Horn, R Üdiger ^c   Brabant, Georg ^c  

^a Ctr Gynecol Endocrinol Repro M   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bound leptin; Circacyclic fluctuation; Free leptin; Physiological menstrual cycle; Soluble leptin receptor

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CYCLING; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 1242306514     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.06.020     Document Type: Article

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