Uterine first pass effect on postmenopausal women

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3060-3064

  Einer Jensen, Neiner ^a   Cicinelli, E ^b   Galantino, P ^b   Pinto, V ^b   Barba, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood supply; Local transfer; Temperature; Uterus; Vagina

Indexed keywords

DRUG; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; COUNTERCURRENT FLOW; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FIRST PASS EFFECT; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS; UTERUS RELAXATION; VEIN; VENOUS BLOOD; ARTERY; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; VAGINA; VASCULARIZATION;

FALLOPIA;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ARTERIES; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; POSTMENOPAUSE; UTERUS; VAGINA; VEINS;

EID: 0036904670     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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