Gonadotropin responses to estrogen-positive and -negative feedback are identical in African-American and Caucasian women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Shaw, N D ^a,b   Klingman, K M ^a   Srouji, S S ^a   Histed, S N ^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

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; ESTRADIOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROGESTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855502833     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-2102     Document Type: Article

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