Oxytocin is not important for the control of gonadotrophin secretion in the late follicular phase of the cycle

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 816-821

  Vanakara, P ^a   Dafopoulos, K ^a   Papastergiopoulou, L ^a   Kallitsaris, A ^a   Papageorgiou, I ^a   Messinis, I E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOSIBAN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OXYTOCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOPHYSIS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OXYTOCIN; PITUITARY GLAND; TIME FACTORS; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 34347389260     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02818.x     Document Type: Article

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