Relationship between serum sex hormones and coronary artery disease in postmenopausal women

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 695-701

  Phillips, Gerald B ^a,b   Pinkernell, Bruce H ^a   Jing, Tian Yi ^a  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cholesterol; coronary artery disease; estradiol; myocardial infarction; risk factors for coronary heart disease; smoking; testosterone

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; INSULIN; PRASTERONE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030937819     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.4.695     Document Type: Article

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