Maternal serum androgens in human pregnancy: Early increases within the cycle of conception

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 460-464

  Daniel Castracane, V ^a   Stewart, Dennis R ^b   Gimpel, Terry ^a   Overstreet, James W ^b   Lasiey, Bill L ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

17 hydroxyprogesterone; Androstenedione; Ovary; Pregnancy; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

PRIMATES;

EID: 2642674432     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.2.460     Document Type: Article

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