Population
3 women undergoing in vitro fertilization (fluid aspirated from 18 ovarian follicles and plasma)
Design
Other
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Ovarian prorenin production may explain ovulatory plasma peaks; leaves open any clinical relevance for renin-angiotensin assessment in women.
The ovary is a likely extrarenal source of prorenin, explaining the ovulatory peak of plasma prorenin.
Glorioso et al. (1986) studied this question.