Withdrawal of hormonal therapy for 4 weeks decreases arterial compliance in postmenopausal women

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 413-418

  Waddell, Tamara K ^a   Rajkumar, Chakravarthi ^a   Cameron, James D ^a   Jennings, Garry L ^a   Dart, Anthony M ^a   Kingwell, Bronwyn A ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterial compliance; Estrogen; Hormonal therapy; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032973881     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917030-00015     Document Type: Article

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