Alcohol at moderate levels decreases fibrinogen expression in vivo and in vitro

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1927-1932

  Wang, Zhiqing ^a   Barker, Thomas H ^a   Fuller, Gerald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardioprotection; Consumption of Moderate Amounts of Ethanol; Fibrinogen

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FIBRINOGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN SYNTHESIS; GENDER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART PROTECTION; HEPATOMA CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033390561     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04093.x     Document Type: Article

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