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Luteal Phase

"Luteal Phase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The period in the MENSTRUAL CYCLE that follows OVULATION, characterized by the development of CORPUS LUTEUM, increase in PROGESTERONE production by the OVARY and secretion by the glandular epithelium of the ENDOMETRIUM. The luteal phase begins with ovulation and ends with the onset of MENSTRUATION.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Luteal Phase" by people in this website by year, and whether "Luteal Phase" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 21 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 1996 and 1997 and 1998 and 2002 and 2005 and 2006 and 2015
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