Follicle stimulating hormone and its rate of change in defining menopause transition stages

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3958-3964

  Sowers, MaryFran R ^a   Zheng, Huiyong ^a   McConnell, Daniel ^a   Nan, Bin ^a   Harlow, Sioban ^a   Randolph Jr , John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

ADULT; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE;

EID: 53749095440     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-0482     Document Type: Article

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