Stellate-ganglion block as a treatment for severe postmenopausal flushing

Climacteric

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-47

  Van Gastel, P ^a   Kallewaard, J W ^a   Van Der Zanden, M ^a   De Boer, H ^a  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hot Flushes; Menopause; Stellate Ganglion Block

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORNER SYNDROME; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENOPAUSE RELATED DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEVERE POSTMENOPAUSAL FLUSHING; SLEEP QUALITY; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84872433516     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2012.709889     Document Type: Article

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