Maturitas
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 255-263 , 20 October 2006

Menopausal estrogen therapy predicts better nocturnal oxyhemoglobin saturation

  • Tarja Saaresranta

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Research Unit, Department of Physiology, University of Turku, Finland
    • Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of Turku, Sleep Research Unit, Dentalia, Lemminkäisenkatu 2, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland. Tel.: +358 2 313 0000; fax: +358 2 333 7520.
    • ,
  • Päivi Polo-Kantola

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Research Unit, Department of Physiology, University of Turku, Finland
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland
    • ,
  • Irina Virtanen

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Research Unit, Department of Physiology, University of Turku, Finland
    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland
    • ,
  • Tero Vahlberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
    • ,
  • Kerttu Irjala

      Affiliations

    • Mehiläinen Oy, Turku, Finland
    • ,
  • Olli Polo

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Research Unit, Department of Physiology, University of Turku, Finland
    • Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Received 19 December 2005 ,Revised 14 March 2006 ,Accepted 24 March 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.03.007

Maturitas
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 255-263 , 20 October 2006

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