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Effects of cigarette smoking, metabolic syndrome and dehydroepiandrosterone deficiency on intima-media thickness and endothelial function in hypertensive postmenopausal women

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor of atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between smoking and arterial hypertension as well as endothelial dysfunction in postmenopausal women without clinically manifested symptoms of atherosclerosis. MATERIAL/METHO...

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Autores principales: Mieczkowska, Jolanta, Mosiewicz, Jerzy, Sak, Jarosław, Grzybowski, Andrzej, Terlecki, Piotr, Barud, Wojciech, Kwaśniewski, Wojciech, Tutka, Piotr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3560833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22460094
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/MSM.882622