Search on:
LACTATION, PROLONGED
Descriptors Found:
1
Displaying:
1 .. 1
1 / 1
DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Lactation
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Lactancia
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Lactação
Synonyms
English
:
Lactation, Prolonged
Tree Number:
G08.686.702.500
G08.686.785.420
Definition
English
:
The processes of milk secretion by the maternal MAMMARY GLANDS after
PARTURITION
. The proliferation of the mammary glandular tissue, milk synthesis, and milk expulsion or let down are regulated by the interactions of several
hormones
including
ESTRADIOL
;
PROGESTERONE
;
PROLACTIN
; and
OXYTOCIN.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
check the tag
FEMALE
usually but occasionally MALE; "postpartum amenorrhea" is indexed under
PUERPERIUM
+
AMENORRHEA
and not
LACTATION
unless
lactation
is particularly discussed;
ANIMALS
, SUCKLING is available but the suckling of an animal goes here: human suckling goes under
BREAST FEEDING
See Related
English
:
Breast Feeding
Colostrum
Galactogogues
Milk
Milk, Human
History Note
English
:
LACTATION, PROLONGED was heading 1975-96 (see under LACTATION 1975-90)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
DE
drug effects
EH
ethnology
GE
genetics
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
PH
physiology
PX
psychology
RE
radiation effects
UR
urine
Record Number:
22239
Unique Identifier:
D007774
Occurrence in VHL
:
Similar:
DeCS
CID-10
SciELO
LILACS
LIS