Alteration of thyroid blood flow during the normal menstrual cycle in healthy Chinese women

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-20

  Chan, Suk Tak ^a   Brook, Fiona ^a   Ahuja, Anil ^b   Brown, Brian ^a   Metreweli, Constantine ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Doppler; Menstrual cycle; Thyroid blood flow

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW PATTERNS; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

MENSTRUAL CYCLE; THYROID BLOOD FLOW;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENDER; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ORGAN BLOOD FLOW; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR THYROID ARTERY; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; THYROID GLAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0031983674     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00239-1     Document Type: Article

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