Urinary β-FSH subunit concentrations in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: A biomarker for ovarian reserve

Menopause

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 526-533

  Liu, James H ^a,c   Kao, Lily ^a   Rebar, Robert W ^a   Muse, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

FSH; Ovarian aging; Ovarian reserve; Perimenopausal transition

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE GLUCURONIDE; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GLUCURONIDE; PREGNANEDIOL 3 GLUCURONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FUNCTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LUTEAL PHASE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN FUNCTION TEST; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION PREDICTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URINE;

CLIMACTERIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARIAN FUNCTION TESTS; OVULATION PREDICTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 2342576970     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.GME.0000070524.74726.18     Document Type: Article

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