Cardiovascular protection by oestrogen-a calcium antagonist effect?

The Lancet

Volumn 341, Issue 8855, 1993, Pages 1264-1265

  Collins, P ^a   Rosano, G M C ^a   Jiang, C ^a   Lindsay, D ^a   Poole Wilson, P A ^a   Sarrel, P M ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; ESTROGEN; NICARDIPINE; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

ANIMAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN;

EID: 0027207159     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)91158-I     Document Type: Article

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