Estrogen, progesterone, and vascular reactivity: Potential cellular mechanisms

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 739-751

  White, Margueritte Mabry ^a,b   Zamudio, Stacy ^a   Stevens, Troy ^b   Tyler, Robert ^b   Lindenfeld, Joann ^a,b   Leslie, Kimberly ^a   Moore, Lorna G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; ESTROGEN; ICOSANOID; NITRIC OXIDE; PROGESTERONE;

BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MENSTRUATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASODILATATION;

ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PROGESTERONE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0028845646     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: 0163769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/edrv-16-6-739     Document Type: Article

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