Laser doppler-recorded reactive hyperaemia in the forearm skin during the menstrual cycle

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 70-75

  Bungum, Leif ^a   Kvernebo, Knut ^b   Øian, Pål ^a   Maltau, Jan Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROCIRCULATION; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 0030061284     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09517.x     Document Type: Article

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