Relationships of circulating pregnanolone isomers and their polar conjugates to the status of sex, menstrual cycle, and pregnancy

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-78

  Kancheva, Radmila ^a   Hill, Martin ^a   Cibula, David ^b   Včeláková, Helena ^a   Kancheva, Lyudmila ^a   Vrbíková, Jana ^a   Fait, Tomáš ^b   Pařízek, Antonín ^b   Stárka, Luboslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3BETA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3BETA HYDROXY 5BETA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ELTANOLONE; OXYTOCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONJUGATION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; ISOMER; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE; UTERUS RELAXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREGNANOLONE; SEX; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 35848931028     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-06-0192     Document Type: Article

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