Sonographic evaluation of endothelial function in letrozole and tamoxifen users

Maturitas

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 340-344

  Nastri, Carolina Oliveira ^a,b   Martins, Wellington Paula ^a,b   Ferriani, Rui Alberto ^a   Filho, Francisco Mauad ^a,b   dos Reis, Francisco Jose Candido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Escola de Ultra sonografia e Reciclagem Médica de Ribeirão Preto EURP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitors; Breast cancer; Selective estrogen receptor modulators; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LETROZOLE; TAMOXIFEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; VASODILATATION;

AGED; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NITRILES; TAMOXIFEN; TRIAZOLES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATION;

EID: 57849085646     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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