Athletic amenorrhea and endothelial dysfunction

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 301-306

  Hoch, Anne Z ^a   Jurva, Jason W ^a   Staton, Megan A ^a   Thielke, Robert ^a   Hoffmann, Raymond G ^a   Pajewski, Nick ^a   Gutterman, David D ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INTERVIEW; MENSTRUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUNNING;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; VASODILATION; WISCONSIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 35848960975     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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