Sex differences in the expression of haemorheological determinants in individuals with atherothrombotic risk factors and in apparently healthy people

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-281

  Zeltser, D ^b   Rogowski, O ^b   Berliner, S ^a,b,d   Mardi, T ^b   Justo, D ^b   Serov, J ^b   Rozenblat, M ^b   Avitzour, D ^c   Shapira, I ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Timotim Technologies   (Israel)

^d Inflamet Ltd Company   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADHESION; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BODY MASS; CAPILLARY FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL AGGREGATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 1342322735     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.014753     Document Type: Article

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