The effect of estrogen on endothelial permeability of aorta and the level of serum nitrite concentration in cholesterol-fed ovariectomized rabbit

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 77-82

  Nematbakhsh, Mehdi ^a   Hayat Davoodi, Parichehr ^a   Rajabi, Parvin ^a   Samarian, Seyyed Hossein ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aorta; Estrogen; Nitric Oxide; Permeability

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTROGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA; ARTERY PERMEABILITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RABBIT;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0036556190     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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