Prospective, randomized, controlled study of the effect of hormone replacement therapy on peripheral blood flow velocity in postmenopausal women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 284-288

  Lau, Tze K ^a   Wan, Din ^a   Yim, So F ^a   Sanderson, John E ^a   Haines, Christopher J ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hormone replacement therapy; Peripheral artery; Pulsatility index

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL PLUS NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; ESTROFEM; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SECRETORY RATE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0032146957     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00148-4     Document Type: Article

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