Sex hormone replacement therapy reverses altered venous contractility in rats after pharmacological ovariectomy

Menopause

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 122-126

  Várbíró, Szabolcs ^a   Vajó, Zoltán ^a   Nádasy, György L ^a   Monos, Emil ^a   Ács, Nándor ^a   Lóránt, Miklós ^a   Felicetta, James V ^a   Székács, Béla ^a  

^a CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractility; Estrogen; Hormone replacement therapy; Progesterone; Vein

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL PROPIONATE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NORADRENALIN; PAPAVERINE; SEX HORMONE; TRIPTORELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; VARICOSIS; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN DIAMETER; VENOCONSTRICTION; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

EID: 0036188048     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042192-200203000-00007     Document Type: Article

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