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10030694

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5-6
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
Nowadays research and clinical studies of human reproductive endocrinology are generally carried out using human blood reproductive hormone assays. However the acquisition of human blood samples has some shortcomings. In search of new approaches, we paid attention to the fact that progesterone can be detected in cow's hair. Consequently we investigated whether or not steroid hormones are measurable in human hair. The results showed that the levels of steroid hormones in hair are not affected by shampoo and do not significantly vary between different segments of hair (i.e. top, middle and basal segments). The menstrual estradiol and progesterone rhythm of female hair is similar to that of female serum. The ratio of hair estradiol to serum estradiol in the female is 41.2% and that of hair progesterone to serum progesterone is 59.0%; the ratio of hair testosterone to serum testosterone in male is 116%. There are significant correlations between hair and serum steroid hormones of healthy human adult: gamma (estradiol) = 0.395 (n = 20), p < 0.05; gamma (progesterone) = 0.440 (n = 22), p < 0.025 and gamma (testosterone) = 0.395 (n = 25), p < 0.05.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0960-0760
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
447-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
A preliminary study of steroid reproductive hormones in human hair.
pubmed:affiliation
Family Planning Research Institute of Sichuan, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research in Human Reproduction, Chengdu, People's Republic of China. ascfp@shell.scsti.ac.cn
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't