Serum hormone levels in women with chronic pain

Thesis

Title: Serum Hormone Levels in Women with Chronic Pain, The Women In Pain Study, Oxford (WIPSOx).

Introduction:

Regular menstrual cycles in post-menarchal women reflect a healthy hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian (HPO) axis. It is well known that psychological stress can disrupt this axis both acutely and chronically leading to cycle irregularity or a period of amenorrhoea. High levels of opiate use, both for chronic pain and recreationally, can lead to supp... Expand abstract

Authors: Buck, L

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-bejkojom1
• Type of award: MSc by Research
• Level of award: Masters
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English