Abstract | OBJECTIVES: STUDY DESIGN: RESULTS: Although follicle regulatory protein levels were found to be very low or undetectable in early postpartum urine, they began to rise with episodes of estrone-3-glucuronide and pregnanediol-3-glucuronide secretion. A chi 2 analysis suggests that increasing urinary follicle regulatory protein levels are most closely associated with the luteal phase of the first menstrual cycles in postpartum women. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that follicle regulatory protein is of little value in predicting either the onset of renewed ovarian activity or the fertile period.
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Authors | B D Albertson, K E Rodgers, T P Tomai, K Nolan-Watson, M J Zinaman, G S DiZerega |
Journal | American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
(Am J Obstet Gynecol)
Vol. 167
Issue 1
Pg. 158-62
(Jul 1992)
ISSN: 0002-9378 [Print] United States |
PMID | 1442919
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Peptides
- intraovarian peptides
- pregnanediol-3 alpha-glucuronide
- estrone-3-glucuronide
- Estrone
- Luteinizing Hormone
- Pregnanediol
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Topics |
- Adult
- Estrone
(analogs & derivatives, urine)
- Female
- Humans
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Labor, Obstetric
(physiology)
- Luteinizing Hormone
(urine)
- Ovulation
(physiology)
- Peptides
(urine)
- Postpartum Period
(physiology)
- Pregnancy
- Pregnanediol
(analogs & derivatives, urine)
- Prospective Studies
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