Normalization of serum luteinizing hormone levels in women with 46,XX spontaneous primary ovarian insufficiency

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 429-433

  Popat, Vaishali B ^a   Vanderhoof, Vien H ^a   Calis, Karim A ^c   Troendle, James F ^b   Nelson, Lawrence M ^a  

^a Intramural Research Program   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

FSH; hormone therapy; hypergonadotropic hypogonadism; LH; premature menopause; premature ovarian failure; primary hypogonadism; primary ovarian insufficiency; Transdermal estradiol therapy

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; LUTEINIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; PRIMARY OVARIAN INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 38949188964     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.032     Document Type: Article

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