Changes in serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor in males and females throughout life

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 309-312

  Malamitsi Puchner, Ariadne ^a   Tziotis, John ^a   Tsonou, Anastasia ^a   Protonotariou, Efthimia ^a   Sarandakou, Ageliki ^a   Creatsas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Menstruation; Neonate; Postmenopause; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033776861     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(00)00073-3     Document Type: Article

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