title: Human menstruation and eicosanoids.
abstract: Menstruation is an event restricted to humans and subhuman primates and in which uterine bleeding and contractions occur. Prostaglandins and leukotrienes are thought to play a major role in the normal process of menstruation as well as in the disorders menorrhagia and dysmenorrhoea.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rees
mesh_terms: D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000378:metabolism; D015777:Eicosanoids / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008595:Menorrhagia / Q000378:metabolism; D008598:Menstruation / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015777:Eicosanoids