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Descriptor
English
:
Menstruation
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Menstruación
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Menstruação
Tree Number:
G08.686.605.428
G08.686.785.560
Definition
English
:
The periodic shedding of the
ENDOMETRIUM
and associated menstrual
bleeding
in the
MENSTRUAL CYCLE
of
humans
and
primates
.
Menstruation
is due to the decline in circulating
PROGESTERONE
, and occurs at the late
LUTEAL PHASE
when
LUTEOLYSIS
of the
CORPUS LUTEUM
takes place.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
human & other
primates
only; non-primates =
ESTRUS
; do not confuse with
MENSTRUAL CYCLE
See Related
English
:
Menstruation-Inducing Agents
Premenstrual Syndrome
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
DE
drug effects
EH
ethnology
GE
genetics
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
PH
physiology
PX
psychology
RE
radiation effects
UR
urine
Record Number:
8767
Unique Identifier:
D008598
Occurrence in VHL
:
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