Common carotid artery stiffness, cardiovascular function and lipid metabolism after menopause

Life Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1696-1701

  Izumi, Shun Ichiro ^a   Muano, Takayo ^a   Mori, Akira ^a   Kika, Goh ^a   Okuwaki, Shinji ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Arteriosclerosis; Diagnosis; Estrogen; Lipids; Ultrasonics; Women

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID METABOLISM; MENOPAUSE;

CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 33244462000     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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