Hormone changes associated with the menopausal transition

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 483-489

  Su, H I ^a   Freeman, E W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormones; Menstruation; Premenopause

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CLIMACTERIUM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; JAPANESE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HORMONES; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77949533779     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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