Biochemical, metabolic, and vascular mechanisms in menopausal hot flashes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 332-337

  Freedman, Robert R ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 methoxy 4 hydroxyphenylglycol; Body temperature; Hot flashes; Menopause; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0032145611     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00137-X     Document Type: Article

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