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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.
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- Milk Secretion
- Milk Secretions
- Lactation, Prolonged
- Lactations, Prolonged
- Prolonged Lactation
- Prolonged Lactations
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, drug effects, ethnology, genetics, immunology, metabolism, physiology, psychology, radiation effects, urine.
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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
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LACTATION, PROLONGED was heading 1975-96 (see under LACTATION 1975-90)
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- National Library of Medicine. Lactation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007774. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007774
- Lactation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactation
- Lactation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q719426