Transdermal estradiol treatment suppresses serum gonadotropins during lactation without transfer into breast milk

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 903-907

  Perheentupa, Antti ^a   Ruokonen, Aimo ^b   Tapanainen, Juha S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; contraception; E 2; gonadotropin; lactation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADERM MATRIX; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; BREAST TENDERNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MILK, HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 5144234209     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.02.141     Document Type: Article

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