Estrogen variation and resting left ventricular structure and function in young healthy females

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 297-303

  George, Keith Phillip ^a   Birch, Karen Michelle ^b   Jones, Bryan ^b   Lea, Rosalind ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Combined oral contraception; Eumenorrhea; Limits of agreement; M mode and doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION;

EID: 0033963047     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200002000-00008     Document Type: Article

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