Plasma nitrite/nitrate levels in women with postmenopausal hot flushes

Climacteric

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-156

  Tuomikoski, P ^a   Ylikorkala, O ^a   Mikkola, T S ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

nitric oxide; postmenopause; vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84858396122     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2011.597894     Document Type: Article

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