0 relating to the part of a woman's monthly menstrual cycle after she has ovulated (= produced an egg), when her body produces a hormone that is important if she becomes pregnant:
A short luteal phase is associated with difficulty conceiving.
This is when a woman enters the "luteal" phase when the body gears itself up for pregnancy and produces the hormone progesterone.
With suppression of ovulation, the luteal body is not formed and does not produce progesterone.
The cells were recovered from ovaries in various reproductive states (anestrous, follicular or luteal).
A controlled study of light therapy in women with late luteal phase dysphoric disorder.
Late luteal phase dysphoric disorder in 670 women evaluated for premenstrual complaints.
The decline in the luteal phase is a more consistent finding than the midcycle peak.
Women are said to have a defective luteal phase if the progesterone level fails to rise after ovulation.
