Reduced post-infarction myocardial apoptosis in women: A clue to their different clinical course?

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-101

  Biondi Zaccai, G G L ^a   Abbate, A ^a   Bussani, R ^b   Camilot, D ^b   Giorgio, F D ^a   Marino, M P D ^c   Silvestri, F ^b   Baldi, F ^c   Biasucci, L M ^a   Baldi, Alfonso ^c,d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DNA FRAGMENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 10844288902     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.018754     Document Type: Article

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