Menstrual blood loss as an initial trigger for adaptation of iron metabolism in eumenorrheic female athletes—An exploratory study - Nolte, Svenja; Maier, Celina; Klügel, Simon; Weyh, Christopher; Hacker, Sebastian; Badenhorst, Claire; Krüger, Karsten (Physiological reports, 2025)
Keywords: Adaptation; Birth control; Blood; C-reactive protein; Erythropoiesis; erythropoietic response; Erythropoietin; Female athletes; Ferritin; Hematology; Hepcidin; Hormones; Immunomodulation; Infections; Iron; Iron deficiency; iron homeostasis; Menstrual cycle; menstrual cycle monitoring; Menstruation; Metabolism; Original; Peroxidase; Physiology; Questionnaires; Reticulocytes; Risk factors; Sex hormones; Sport science; Womens sports; Women’s Health Research in Basic and Translational Physiology; Germany