Correlation between estrogen receptor α expression, collagen content and stiffness in human uterine arteries

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 610-615

  Lydrup, Marie Louise ^a,b   Fernö, Marten ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collagen; Estrogen receptors; Vascular stiffness

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERINE ARTERY;

ARTERIES; COLLAGEN; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; UTERUS;

EID: 0038687130     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2003.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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