BACKGROUND: Catamenial pneumothorax is a rare entity of spontaneous, recurring
pneumothorax in women. It has been associated with thoracic endometriosis, yet varying clinical …

Magnetic resonance arteriograms of healthy volunteers and selected patients were produced
with a new spoiled gradient-echo pulse sequence based on time-of-flight phenomena. The …

Endogenous nitric oxide (NO) is an important functional mediator in several physiological
systems, including the reproductive system. However, when generated in excessive amounts …

Postmenopausal women (PMW) have increased incidence of cardiovascular disease, and
estrogen substitution therapy has been shown to have cardioprotective effects. Since …

Postmenopausal women (PMW) have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease that is
attenuated by hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Inasmuch as hypertension and …

Estradiol inhibits endothelin-1 synthesis, an effect that may contribute to the cardiovascular
protective effects of estradiol. Recent findings that estradiol inhibits neointima formation in …

Proton chemical shift imaging yielding separate water and lipid images was performed in a
multisection mode on a clinical 1.5-T whole-body magnetic resonance imaging unit. Imaging …

The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of modifying titanium surfaces, in terms
of wettability, roughness, and mode of sterilization, on the ability of the oral bacterium …

Estrogens are known to induce cardioprotective effects by inhibiting smooth muscle cell (SMC)
growth and neointima formation. However, the use of estrogens as cardioprotective …

The biology and physiology of the male as well as female reproductive system is hormonally
regulated. Abnormalities in the dynamics of hormone production, metabolism and …