Arterial stiffness and hormone replacement use in healthy postmenopausal women

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages

  Tanaka, Hirofumi ^a   DeSouza, Christopher A ^a   Seals, Douglas R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RIGIDITY;

EID: 0032421623     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/53A.5.M344     Document Type: Article

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