Reproductive hormonal changes and catamenial pattern in adolescent females with epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1619-1626

  El Khayat, Hamed A ^a   Soliman, Nancy A ^a   Tomoum, Hoda Y ^a,c   Omran, Maher A ^a   El Wakad, Amany S ^b   Shatla, Rania H ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Catamenial; Epilepsy; Estradiol; FSH; LH; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATAMENIAL EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 51249100823     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01622.x     Document Type: Article

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