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MeSH Heading: Luteolysis
Tree Number(s): G08.686.784.690.380
Unique ID: D003341
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003341
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.
Entry Term(s): Corpus Luteum Regression; Luteal Regression
Previous Indexing: Corpus Luteum (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 2003; see CORPUS LUTEUM REGRESSION 1976-2002; see CORPUS LUTEUM 1975
History Note: 2003 (1976); use CORPUS LUTEUM 1975
Date Established: 1976/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2016/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

drug effects (DE)

ethnology (EH)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

physiology (PH)

psychology (PX)

radiation effects (RE)

urine (UR)

Luteolysis MeSH Descriptor Data 2024