Menstrual cycle, endocrinology

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Goebelsmann U (1986) The menstrual cycle. In Mishell DR Davajan V ed. Fertility, contraception and reproductive endocrinology, 2nd ed. Oradell, New Jersey, Medical Economics, pp... 

Yen SSC. The human menstrual cycle neuroendocrine regulation. In Yen SSC, Jaffe RB, Barbieri RL, eds. Reproductive endocrinology Physiology, pathophysiology, and clinical management. 4th ed. Philadelphia WB Saunders Co, 1999 191-217. 

N2. NeUl, J. D., Johansson, E. D. B., and Knobil, E., Levels of progesterone in peripheral plasma during the menstrual cycle of the rhesus monkey. Endocrinology 81, 1161-1164 (1967). 

In other endocrinological studies, women taking oral contraceptives have been found to have elevated plasma levels of both RBP and vitamin A (Vahlquist et al., 1979 Nonavinakere et al., 1981). The estrogen component seems to be largely responsible for these increased levels. The RBP level was also found to show a bicyclic variation during the menstrual cycle (Vahlquist et al., 1979). 

Maintenance of pregnancy, i.e. maternal tolerance to foreign tissue of the fetus, calls for crucial immunological adaptations, which also involve the metabolism of sialic acid. Endocrinologically controlled changes in sialic acid content of the cervical mucus of the uterus during the menstrual cycle are of... 

Reviews - A review of the clinical effects of antifertility agents appeared by Tyler.The action of drugs on spermatogenesis has been reviewed by Fox and Fox. Borth reviewed current concepts concerning the endocrinology of the human menstrual cycle. The mode of action of contraceptive drugs has been comprehensively reviewed by Diczfalusy. ... 

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