Effect of short-term estrogen therapy on endothelial function: a double-blinded, randomized, controlled trial

Climacteric

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 448-451

  Hurtado, R ^a   Celani, M ^a   Geber, S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

brachial artery; endothelial function; Estrogen; flow mediated dilation; postmenopausal

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; PLACEBO; ESTROGEN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; BRAZIL; DRUG EFFECTS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRAZIL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 84978477006     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697137.2016.1201809     Document Type: Article

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