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Sequentialchangesintheserumconcentrationsofthehormonesreleasedfromthepituitary(FSHand
LHleftpanel)andfromtheovaries(estrogenandprogesteronerightpanel)duringthenormal
menstrualcycle.Byconvention,thefirstdayofmensesisday1ofthecycle(shownhereasday14).
Thecycleisthendividedintotwophases:thefollicularphaseisfromtheonsetofmensesuntil
ovulation,andthelutealphaseisfromovulationuntilthenextmenses.Toconvertserumestradiol
valuestopmol/L,multiplyby3.67,andtoconvertserumprogesteronevaluestonmol/L,multiplyby
3.18.