New aspects concerning the corpus luteum
Alba, E.; Tufano, L.; De' Sperati, C.; Vercellino, F.; Lauricella, A.; De Grandis, T.
Minerva Ginecologica 44(6): 277-281
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4784 PMID: 1635647 Document Number: 390516
We have summed up current knowledge about the formation and lysis of corpus luteum with the co-ordinate intervention of luteotrophic and luteolytic factors. Then we re-examined the function of the corpus luteum in the physiologic menstrual cycle and in the first period of pregnancy, with special attention to luteal insufficiency as a cause of endocrine miscarriage.