Menopausal hot flashes and white matter hyperintensities

Menopause

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 27-32

  Thurston, Rebecca C ^a   Aizenstein, Howard J ^b   Derby, Carol A ^c   Sejdic, Ervin ^d   Maki, Pauline M ^a  

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

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Hot flashes; Menopause; Vasomotor symptoms; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SLEEP; WHITE MATTER; AMBULATORY MONITORING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84952705639     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000481     Document Type: Article

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