Table 1 Results of a cursory MEDLINE/PubMed search performed on November 2002 using the terms as listed.
Rank | Terms | Total Number of Articles Retrieved | Retrieval Period | Number of Articles Retrieved for Period 2001–2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "luteolysis" | 1251 | 1967–2002 | 96 |
2 | "luteal regression" | 403 | 1966–2002 | 35 |
3 | "functional luteolysis" | 82 | 1973–2002 | 5 |
4 | "structural luteolysis" | 72 | 1969–2002 | 14 |
5 | "luteal involution" | 41 | 1978–2002 | 8 |
6 | "functional luteal regression" | 10 | 1984–2002 | 0 |
7 | "structural luteal regression" | 5 | 1988–2002 | 1 |