Patterns of LHβcf among women in health and disease

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 260-262, Issue , 2007, Pages 172-182

  Birken, Steven ^a   McChesney, Ruth ^b   Yershova, Oksana ^a   Gaughan, John ^c   Pettersson, Kim ^d   Rechenberg, Geoff ^a   Wu, Chung H ^e   Taliadouros, George ^e,f  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e DVIFG   (United States)

^f Amniota   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoassays; Luteinizing hormone beta core; Menstrual dysfunction; Pituitary hCG; Polycystic ovarian syndrome; Urine measurements

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; POPULATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; URINE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUTATION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 33751254761     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2006.02.020     Document Type: Article

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