Effects of tibolone on plasma levels of nitric oxide in postmenopausal women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 464-468

  Cicinelli, Ettore ^a   Ignarro, Louis J ^b   Galantino, Pietro ^a   Pinto, Vincenzo ^a   Barba, Bruno ^a   Schonauer, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormone replacement therapy; Nitrate; Nitric oxide; Nitrite; Postmenopausal women; Tibolone

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; PLACEBO; TIBOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NORPREGNENES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLACEBOS; POSTMENOPAUSE; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036735573     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)03295-8     Document Type: Article

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