Endocrine profiles in premenstrual tension

Adamopoulos DA; Loraine JA; Lunn SF; Coppen AJ; Daly RJ

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1972.tb00400.x

Reproductive Endocrinology Ovarian Hormones

Endocrine profiles in premenstrual tension

Adamopoulos DA, Loraine JA, Lunn SF, Coppen AJ, Daly RJ

Published July 1972 Clinical Endocrinology, 1(3), 283-292

DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1972.tb00400.x PMID 4677133

Abstract

Summary

Studies on pituitary and ovarian function as assessed by the urinary output of total gonadotrophic activity, the three classical oestrogens, pregnanediol and, in some cases, testosterone and epitestosterone, were conducted in eight patients suffering from premenstrual tension. Major abnormalities in endocrine function were not a feature of the condition. Ovulation, as judged by pregnanediol assays, was absent in seven out of the fifteen cycles investigated. Contrary to traditional belief, the symptoms of premenstrual tension could exist in the presence of cycles with anovulatory hormonal patterns.

Topics

Reproductive Endocrinology › Ovarian Hormones › Progesterone · Menstrual Cycle › Premenstrual Disorders › Cyclical Symptom Patterns · Diagnostics › Hormone Testing › Urinary Metabolites

PMID 4677133 4677133 DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1972.tb00400.x 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1972.tb00400.x Adamopoulos et al. 1972, Adamopoulos 1972

Keywords

Adult, Estradiol/urine, Estriol/urine, Estrogens/urine, Estrone/urine, Female, Gonadotropins/urine, Humans, Pregnanediol/urine, Premenstrual Syndrome/urine, Testosterone/urine, Estrogens, Gonadotropins, Estrone, Testosterone, Estradiol, Estriol, Pregnanediol

Endocrine profiles in premenstrual tension

Abstract

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