Inhibition of the protective effect of estrogen by progesterone in experimental atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-138

  Hanke, Hartmut ^a   Hanke, Sybille ^b   Bruck, Birgit ^b   Brehme, Ute ^b   Gugel, Natalia ^b   Finking, Gerald ^b   Mück, Alfred O ^c   Schmahl, Friedrich W ^b   Hombach, Vinzenz ^a   Haasis, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Estrogen; Experimental; Progesterone; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0029914980     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9150(95)05710-2     Document Type: Article

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