The effect of ovariectomy and oestrogen replacement on small artery biomechanics in the rat

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 148-154

  Acs, Nandor ^a   Széksics, Béla ^a   Nádasy, György L ^a   Várbíró, Szaboles ^a   Kakucs, Réka ^a   Monos, Emil ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL PROPIONATE; ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BIOMECHANICS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; LUTEOLYTIC AGENTS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NOREPINEPHRINE; PAPAVERINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIPTORELIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032897863     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08215.x     Document Type: Article

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