Marinus A. Blankenstein

ORCID: 0000-0003-1186-0770 · 2 papers in corpus

2014

The effect of combined oral contraception on testosterone levels in healthy women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Human Reproduction Update ·doi:10.1093/humupd/dmt038

UnlabelledBACKGROUND; Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) reduce levels of androgen, especially testosterone (T), by inhibiting ovarian and adrenal androgen synthesis and by increasing levels of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG). Although…

article 1991

The origin of estrogens, progesterone, androgens and sex hormone binding globulin in peritoneal fluid in the immediate postovulatory period in normal ovulating women

·doi:10.3109/09513599109028437

In 20 women with proven fertility, one menstrual cycle was monitored by ovarian ultrasonography, laparoscopy and estimation of 17 beta-estradiol (E2), estrone (E1), progesterone, testosterone, androstenedione (Adion), dehydroepiandrosterone…