Menstruation angina: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Choo, Wai Kah ^a  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; NITRATE; PROGESTERONE; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAPHORESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; MENSTRUATION ANGINA; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 72249099258     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-6618     Document Type: Article

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