The skin, carotid and intervertebral disc: Making the connection!

Climacteric

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 83-87

  Brincat, M P ^a   Calleja Agius, J ^a   Baron, Y Muscat ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

Carotid artery media; Collagen; Connective tissue; Estrogen; Intervertebral discs; Menopause; Skin

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 3; ESTROGEN;

BONE MATRIX; CAROTID ARTERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DERMIS; ESTHETICS; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT STIFFNESS; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; SKIN; SKIN AGING;

EID: 34548860395     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130701591998     Document Type: Conference Paper

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