Arterial reactivity is enhanced in genetic males taking high dose estrogens

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1432-1436

  McCrohon, Jane A ^a,b   Walters, William A W ^c   Robinson, Jacqui T C ^a,b   McCredie, Robyn J ^a,b   Turner, Leo ^a   Adams, Mark R ^a   Handelsman, David J ^a   Celermajer, David S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b HEART RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTROGEN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESTRADIOL CONGENERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TRANSSEXUALISM; VASODILATION;

EID: 0030904160     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00063-6     Document Type: Article

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