Oxidative stress contributes to large elastic arterial stiffening across the stages of the menopausal transition

Menopause

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 624-632

  Hildreth, Kerry L ^a   Kohrt, Wendy M ^a   Moreau, Kerrie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffening; Estrogen; Menopause.; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; ESTROGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLIMACTERIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; AGED; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); DRUG EFFECTS; ECHOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901632294     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000116     Document Type: Article

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