SUPPRESSIVE ACTION OF TESTOSTERONE PRO-PIONATE ON MENSTRUATION AND ITS EFFECT ON VAGINAL SMEARS1
- 1 March 1939
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Endocrinology
- Vol. 24 (3) , 339-346
- https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-24-3-339
Abstract
Testosterone propionate inhibited the menstrual cycle of a young menstruating woman. Menstruation was resumed spontaneously 28 days after the cessation of therapy. Examination of the vaginal smears was made during the various phases of the menstrual cycle. With the adm. of the [male] hormone a transition to an atrophic menopausal type of smear took place. With the cessation of therapy the smears returned to normal. These definite changes in the vaginal secretion offer a simple and reliable method for evaluating the effect of the [male] hormone in [female][female].This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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