Monitoring the menstrual cycle: Comparison of urinary and serum reproductive hormones referenced to true ovulation

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 438-450

  Roos, Judith ^a   Johnson, Sarah ^b   Weddell, Sarah ^b   Godehardt, Erhard ^c   Schiffner, Julia ^c   Freundl, Günter ^a   Gnoth, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b SPD Development Company Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Estrone 3 glucuronide (E3G); Luteinising hormone (LH); Ovulation; Pregnanediol 3 glucuronide (P3G); Progesterone; Reproductive hormones; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE GLUCURONIDE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PREGNANEDIOL; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTRONE; ESTRONE-3-GLUCURONIDE; PREGNANEDIOL-3 ALPHA-GLUCURONIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; OVULATION DETECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMARKERS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; OVULATION DETECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANEDIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942243778     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13625187.2015.1048331     Document Type: Article

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