Acute effects of transdermal estradiol administration on plasma levels of nitric oxide in postmenopausal women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-66

  Cicinelli, Ettore ^a   Ignarro, Louis J ^b   Lograno, Marcello ^a   Matteo, Giuseppina ^a   Falco, Nunziata ^a   Schonauer, Luca Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; nitric oxide; postmenopausal women; transdermal administration

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0031028192     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81857-2     Document Type: Article

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