Correlation of serum estrogen levels with uterine and carotid arteries flow in postmenopausal women on hormone replacement therapy

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-184

  Predanić, Mladen ^a   Ujević, Boris ^b   Aleem, Fatma ^b   Pennisi, Joseph ^a  

^a FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROOKDALE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries; Estrogens; Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause; Post menopausal; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; UTERINE ARTERY; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; UTERUS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0031808553     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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