Vaginal-cervical epithelial permeability decreases after menopause

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 753-761

  Gorodeski, George I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Paracellular permeability; Paracellular resistance; Tight junctions; Transepithelial transport; Woman

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

ADULT; AGING; ARYLSULFONATES; CELLS, CULTURED; CERVIX UTERI; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PERMEABILITY; TAMOXIFEN; VAGINA;

EID: 0034813811     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)02377-9     Document Type: Article

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