Plasma atrial natriuretic peptide concentrations during the normal menstrual cycle in healthy volunteers
New Egyptian Journal of Medicine [The]. 1993; 9 (4): 1188-92
in English
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ABSTRACT
This study investigated whether the concentration of atrial natriuretic peptide [ANP] changes during the normal menstrual cycle and whether the changes parallel the known fluctuation of aldosterone and female sex hormones or not. Plasma ANP concentrations rose from 19.83 +/- 9.56 [range 10-58 pg/ml] in the menstrual phase to 24.94 +/- 17.21 [range 10-81 pg/ml] in the follicular phase [p = 0.1605] and decreased to 15.04 +/- 8.74 [range 5.8-44 pg/ml] in the luteal phase [p = 0.0067] in 30 normal menstruating healthy volunteers. The reduced level of ANP in the luteal phase could be a compensatory response to the natriuretic effect of the increased progesterone. Aldosterone value was highest when ANP value was lowest
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Gonadal Steroid Hormones
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Atrial Natriuretic Factor
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Menstrual Cycle
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
New Egypt. J. Med.
Year:
1993
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