Absence of circadian rhythms of gonadotropin secretion in women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1456-1461

  Klingman, Kara M ^a   Marsh, Erica E ^a,b   Klerman, Elizabeth B ^c   Anderson, Ellen J ^a   Hall, Janet E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REPRODUCTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THYROTROPIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955659119     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-2739     Document Type: Article

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