MeSH definition : The period in the MENSTRUAL CYCLE that follows OVULATION, characterized by the development
of CORPUS LUTEUM, increase in PROGESTERONE production by the OVARY and secretion by
the glandular epithelium of the ENDOMETRIUM. The luteal phase begins with ovulation
and ends with the onset of MENSTRUATION.;
The period in the MENSTRUAL CYCLE that follows OVULATION, characterized by the development
of CORPUS LUTEUM, increase in PROGESTERONE production by the OVARY and secretion by
the glandular epithelium of the ENDOMETRIUM. The luteal phase begins with ovulation
and ends with the onset of MENSTRUATION.