Progesterone and ovulation across stages of the transition to menopause

Menopause

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1178-1187

  O'Connor, Kathleen A ^a   Ferrell, Rebecca ^b   Brindle, Eleanor ^a   Trumble, Benjamin ^a   Shofer, Jane ^a   Holman, Darryl J ^a   Weinstein, Maxine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anovulation; Estrone glucuronide ; Follicle stimulating hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Menopause; Perimenopause; Pregnanediol glucuronide; Reproductive aging reproductive stage; Urinary hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE GLUCURONIDE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PREGNANEDIOL; PREGNANEDIOL GLUCURONIDE; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGING; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; OVULATION; PREMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTION; RISK; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ADULT; AGING; ANOVULATION; BODY MASS INDEX; ESTRONE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; OVULATION; PREGNANEDIOL; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73249134766     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181aa192d     Document Type: Article

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