Testosterone does not eliminate the attenuating effect of estrogen on progressive glomerular injury in estrogen-treated hypercholesterolemic male imai rats

Kidney and Blood Pressure Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-56

  Sakemi, Takanobu ^a   Ohtsuka, Noriaki ^a   Tomiyoshi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Morito, Fumitaka ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Glomerulosclerosis; Imai rats; Sex differences; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030980266     PISSN: 14204096     EISSN: 14230143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000174111     Document Type: Article

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