title: Comparison of pituitary-ovarian function in patients who have undergone successful renal transplantation and healthy women.
abstract: Twenty-eight renal transplantation patients, aged 19-35 years, and 30 healthy women of reproductive age were enrolled into the study. Analyses revealed significant differences between study and control groups' midluteal serum P levels and between study and control groups' serum PRL levels. Although most renal transplantation patients have plasma estrogen and gonadotropin levels similar to those in healthy women, several problems, such as luteal phase defect, might affect transplant recipients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Aegean Obstetrics and Gynecology Teaching Hospital, SSK (Social Security Agency), Izmir, Turkey. Ykuzeyli@mynet.com
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Sivekar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tinar
authors.forename: Yasemin Kuzeyli
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology; D010053:Ovary / Q000502:physiology*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000502:physiology*