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Preferred term

Luteolysis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Corpus Luteum Regression
  • Luteal Regression
  • Regression, Corpus Luteum
  • Regression, Luteal

Scope note

  • Degradation of CORPUS LUTEUM. In the absence of pregnancy and diminishing trophic hormones, the corpus luteum undergoes luteolysis which is characterized by the involution and cessation of its endocrine function.

History note

  • 2003 (1976); use CORPUS LUTEUM 1975

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • corpus luteumin regressio
  • corpus luteumin surkastuminen
  • keltarauhasen regressio
  • keltarauhasen surkastuminen
  • Swedish

  • Luteolys

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003341

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