Is there a link between premature ovarian failure and serum concentrations of vitamin D, zinc, and copper?

Menopause

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-99

  Kebapcilar, Ayse Gul ^a   Kulaksizoglu, Mustafa ^b   Kebapcilar, Levent ^c   Gonen, Mustafa Sait ^b   Ünlü, Ali ^d   Topcu, Ali ^e   Demirci, Fatih ^e   Taner, Cüneyt Eftal ^f  

^a Beyhekim State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NECMETTIN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Selcuklu Faculty of Medicine   (Turkey)

^d Department of Biochemistry   (Turkey)

^e SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f Ege Maternity and Gynecology Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Copper; Primary ovarian insufficiency; Vitamin D; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FOLLITROPIN; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COPPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRIMARY OVARIAN INSUFFICIENCY; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84872083706     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31826015ca     Document Type: Article

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