Three months use of third-generation oral contraceptives does not affect artery wall properties

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 723-728

  Willekes, Christine ^a   Hoogland, Henk J ^a   Keizer, Hans A ^a   Hoeks, Arnold P G ^a   Reneman, Robert S ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compliance; Distensibility; Menstrual cycle; Oral contraceptives; Sex hormones; Vessel wall tracking

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; DRUG PRODUCTS; HORMONES; PLASMAS; PRESSURE;

COMPLIANCE; DISTENSIBILITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES; SEX HORMONES; VESSEL WALL TRACKING;

ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS GESTODENE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; ELASTIC TISSUE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORPREGNENES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033009366     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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