Aging attenuates the pituitary response to gonadotropin-releasing hormone

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3259-3264

  Shaw, Natalie D ^a,b   Srouji, Serene S ^a   Histed, Stephanie N ^a   McCurnin, Kristin E ^a   Hall, Janet E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOPHYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 69949099340     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-0526     Document Type: Article

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