Women with sleep apnea have lower levels of sex hormones

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-29

  Netzer, Nikolaus C ^a,c   Eliasson, Arn H ^b   Strohl, Kingman P ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female sex hormones; Sleep apnea syndrome; Women menopause

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0038704763     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-003-0025-8     Document Type: Article

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