Skin tissue water and laser Doppler blood flow during a menstrual cycle

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-59

  Mayrovitz, Harvey N ^a   Brown Cross, Dawn ^a   Washington, Zee ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm volume; Dielectric constant; Estradiol; Oedema; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TISSUE WATER;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY WATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREMENOPAUSE; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33845539496     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2007.00716.x     Document Type: Article

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