Cutaneous and hemodynamic responses during hot flashes in symptomatic postmenopausal women

Menopause

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 290-295

  Low, David A ^a   Davis, Scott L ^a,b   Keller, David M ^a,b   Shibasaki, Manabu ^a   Crandall, Craig G ^a,b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hot flash; Skin blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTMENOPAUSE; SKIN; SWEAT;

EID: 40449128569     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3180ca7cfa     Document Type: Article

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