The puzzle of aspirin and sex

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1366-1368

  Levin, Richard I ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ESTROGEN; PLACEBO; PROSTACYCLIN; SALICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOSIS;

ASPIRIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RISK; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 15744394416     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe058051     Document Type: Editorial

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