Pituitary-ovarian axis during lactational amenorrhoea. II. Longitudinal assessment of serum FSH polymorphism before and after recovery of menstrual cycles

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 916-923

  Velasquez, E V ^a   Creus, S ^a   Trigo, R V ^b   Cigorraga, S B ^b   Pellizzari, E H ^b   Croxatto, H B ^a   Campo, S ^b  

^a Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amenorrhoea; Anovulation; Breastfeeding; Follicular growth; FSH polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33645284992     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei411     Document Type: Article

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