Article
The 24-hour pattern of the levels of serum progesterone and immunoreactive human chorionic gonadotropin in normal early pregnancy.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Aug 1990
Nakajima S T, McAuliffe T, Gibson M
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to characterize the levels of progesterone and hCG and the variability of those levels over 24 h in early pregnancy. Venous blood sampling was performed every 30 min during the first trimester of a subsequently normal pregnancy in 19 women. The variability in each progesterone and hCG data series was evaluated by three methods: 1) comparing the coefficient of variation (CV) of each...
Topics
- Adult
- Chorionic Gonadotropin
- Circadian Rhythm
- Cross Reactions
- Female
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Trimester, First
- Progesterone