Changes in copper and zinc plasma concentrations during the normal menstrual cycle in women

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 250-255

  Michos, Constantinos ^a   Kalfakakou, Vasiliki ^b   Karkabounas, Spyridon ^b   Kiortsis, Dimitrios ^b   Evangelou, Aggelos ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Copper; Estradiol; Menstrual cycle; Sex hormones; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; COPPER; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROGESTERONE; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 77949460221     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590903247857     Document Type: Article

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