Impaired endothelium-dependent and -independent vasodilation in young female athletes with exercise-associated amenorrhea [1]

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 231-232

  Yoshida, Noriko ^a   Ikeda, Hisao ^b   Sugi, Kenzo ^c   Imaizumi, Tsutomu ^b  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Sugi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LIPID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AMENORRHEA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; ATHLETE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; EXERCISE ASSOCIATED AMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; TRAINING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; AMENORRHEA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPORTS; VASODILATION;

EID: 33644829132     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000199102.60747.18     Document Type: Letter

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