Altered peripheral vascular response of women with and without pelvic pain due to congestion

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-164

  Foong, L C ^a   Gamble, J ^b   Sutherland, I A ^c   Beard, R W ^d  

^a Singapore University   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PELVIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TOE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEUPROLIDE; LUTEAL PHASE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; PELVIC PAIN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POSTMENOPAUSE; SKIN;

EID: 0012092201     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11684.x     Document Type: Article

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