Low pulse oxygen saturation in post-menopausal women at high altitude is related to a high serum testosterone/estradiol ratio

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-154

  Gonzales, G F ^a   Villena, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Hematocrit; High altitude; Oxygen saturation; Post menopausal women; Testosterone estradiol

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERU; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PERU; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0033754354     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(00)00270-8     Document Type: Article

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