Antiatherogenic effect of estrogen abolished by balloon catheter injury in cholesterol-clamped rabbits

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1504-1511

  Holm, Pernille ^a,b   Stender, Steen ^e   Andersen, Henrik Ø ^b   Hansen, Birgit F ^c   Nordestgaard, Børge G ^d  

^a Depts of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Denmark)

^b Hvidovre Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Arterial wall; Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol endothelium

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BALLOON CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0030924523     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.8.1504     Document Type: Article

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