PLASMA TESTOSTERONE IN WOMEN IN LATE PREGNANCY AND AFTER DELIVERY

1 November 1968

journal article
Published by Bioscientifica in Journal of Endocrinology

Vol. 42 (3) , 477-481
https://doi.org/10.1677/joe.0.0420477

Abstract

SUMMARY The concentration of testosterone was measured in the plasma of 16 healthy women in late pregnancy and in 14 of these after delivery. The mean testosterone concentration was found to be elevated in late pregnancy, although the range overlapped with the normal. There was a prompt return to normal concentrations after delivery. The significance of the results and of inactivation of testosterone by protein binding are discussed.

Keywords

PROTEIN
HEALTHY WOMEN
PLASMA TESTOSTERONE
LATE PREGNANCY
NORMAL CONCENTRATIONS
MEAN TESTOSTERONE
PROMPT RETURN

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