A mathematical model of the human menstrual cycle for the administration of GnRH analogues

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 321, Issue , 2013, Pages 8-27

  Röblitz, Susanna ^a,c   Stötzel, Claudia ^a,c   Deuflhard, Peter ^a,b,c   Jones, Hannah M ^d   Azulay, David Olivier ^d   van der Graaf, Piet H ^d   Martin, Steven W ^d  

^a ZUSE INSTITUTE BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft   (Germany)

^d PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endocrinology; Hormone secretion; Periodic behavior; Reproduction; Systems pharmacology

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; INHIBIN A; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NAFARELIN; PROGESTERONE;

ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HORMONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REPRODUCTION; SECRETION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PHARMACOKINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SIMULATION;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NAFARELIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872558294     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.11.020     Document Type: Article

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