Impaired ovarian function and risk factors for atherosclerosis in premenopausal women

Maturitas

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-238

  Punnonen, Reijo ^a,b   Jokela, Hannu ^a   Aine, Risto ^a   Teisala, Klaus ^a   Salomäki, Anne ^a   Uppa, Helena ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Fibrinogen; Lipids; Ovarian function; Premenopausal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN FUNCTION TESTS; PREMENOPAUSE; TUNICA INTIMA; UTERUS;

EID: 0030739529     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(97)00040-6     Document Type: Article

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