Cholesterol-fed ovariectomized monkeys are good animal models for human atherosclerosis of postmenopausal women

Primates

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-252

  Torii, Ryuzo ^a   Shiomi, Masashi ^b   Ito, Takashi ^b   Yamada, Satoshi ^b   Eguchi, Yutaka ^a   Ikeda, Norimichi ^c  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Otsu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiofiberscopic observation; Atherosclerosis; Estrogen replacement therapy; Ovariectomized monkey; Postmenopausal disease

Indexed keywords

PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

CHOLESTEROL; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; DIET; DISEASE MODEL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACACA; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; HUMANS; MACACA; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0041349309     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-003-0038-8     Document Type: Article

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