Effect of a gonadotropin releasing hormone analog on cerebral hemodynamics in premenopausal women

Climacteric

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 193-197

  Bain, C A L ^a   Lees, K R ^a   Lumsden, M A ^a   Walters, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemodynamics; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Premenopause

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GOSERELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREMENOPAUSE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; PITUITARY GLAND; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 20844433704     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130500118068     Document Type: Article

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