Time relationships between basal body temperature and ovulation or plasma progestins

de Mouzon J; Testart J; Lefevre B; Pouly JL; Frydman R

doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)47600-4

Reproductive Endocrinology Ovulation Physiology

Time relationships between basal body temperature and ovulation or plasma progestins

de Mouzon J, Testart J, Lefevre B, Pouly JL, Frydman R

Published February 1984 Fertility and sterility

DOI 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)47600-4 PMID 6421622

Abstract

The basal body temperature (BBT) curve and the estimated time of ovulation, defined by the onset of gonadotropin preovulatory discharge, were analyzed in 38 spontaneous cycles. The BBT nadir was usually located at the beginning of the luteinizing hormone surge, and the first high point was 8 hours after ovulation, which was itself usually at the time when the temperature passed 37 degrees C. This temperature rise was related to the increases in plasma progesterone and 17-hydroxyprogesterone with 24 to 36 hours' delay. The BBT was found to be an unreliable technique for precise ovulation timing but would be of use if the clinical precision required for the diagnosis of ovulation were less.

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Reproductive Endocrinology › Ovulation Physiology › Follicular Development · Menstrual Cycle › Cycle Biomarkers › Basal Body Temperature · Fertility Awareness › Biomarkers › Basal Body Temperature

J de Mouzon

PMID 6421622 6421622 DOI 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)47600-4 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)47600-4 de Mouzon et al. 1984, de Mouzon 1984

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