Maturitas
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 67-77 , September 2008

“Reprint of” A longitudinal study of the perimenopausal transition: altered profiles of steroid and pituitary hormones, SHBG and bone mineral density

  • G. Rannevik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Lund, Malmii General Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
    • Fertility Research Institute, P.O. Box 20004, S-20074 Malmö, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • S. Jeppsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Lund, Malmii General Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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  • O. Johnell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, University of Lund, Malmö General Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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  • B. Bjerre

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Lund, Malmii General Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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  • Y. Laurell-Borulf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Lund, Malmö General Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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  • L. Svanberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Lund, Malmii General Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

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☆ Reprint of an article originally published in Maturitas, 21(2), pp. 103–113.

PII: S0378-5122(08)00227-2

doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.09.010

Maturitas
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 67-77 , September 2008

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