Endocrine regulation of menstruation

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-46

  Jabbour, Henry N ^a   Kelly, Rodney W ^a   Fraser, Hamish M ^a   Critchley, Hilary O D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 [4 METHYL 2 (2 OXO 3 INDOLINYLMETHYLIDENYL) 3 PYRROLYL]PROPIONIC ACID; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUTAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; IBUPROFEN; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LEVONORGESTREL; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MECLOFENAMATE SODIUM; MEFENAMIC ACID; MIFEPRISTONE; NAPROXEN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SEX HORMONE; SU 11685; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; DECIDUALIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; HYPERANDROGENISM; IMPLANTATION; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METRORRHAGIA; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TISSUE REPAIR; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 32444449525     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/er.2004-0021     Document Type: Review

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