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Magnetic field profiles in normal human breast during the menstrual cycle
P A Anninos1, A Giatromanolaki, A Kotini
1Departments of Medical Physics, Democritus University of Thrace Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Objective:
To investigate the subtle magnetic fields produced by living normal breast tissue during the menstrual cycle.
Methods:
The magnetic activity of the breast was recorded in four young women, 26-28 years old; two had regular and two irregular menstrual cycles. The recordings were accomplished with a biomagnetometer and covered two complete menstrual cycles. The results were correlated with estrogen and progesterone levels on days 7, 14 and 21 of the menstrual cycle.
Results:
The magnetic breast recordings in the two young women with the regular cycling endometrium showed a biphasic magnetic curve, apparently corresponding to the proliferative and secretory phase of the menstrual cycle. By contrast, the two young women with irregular menstrual cycles showed a monophasic magnetic curve.
Conclusion:
It is suggested that a biphasic, but not a monophasic, pattern of magnetic activity in the breast is indicative of an ovulatory endometrial cycle.
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