Estrogen receptor-β and the cardiovascular system

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 184-185

  Levin, Ellis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; LIPID; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 0036634433     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-2760(02)00604-5     Document Type: Review

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