Gonadotropin pulsatility in Cushing's syndrome compared with polycystic ovary syndrome

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 150-154

  Penezić, Zorana ^a,b   Žarković, Miloš ^a   Vujović, Svetlana ^a   Ćirić, Jasmina ^a   Beleslin, Biljana ^a   Ivović, Miomira ^a   Pokrajac, Ana ^a   Drezgić, Milka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

Cushing's syndrome; Gonadotropins; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Pulsatile secretion

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE;

ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PERIODICITY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME;

EID: 18844376920     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590400027190     Document Type: Article

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