Expression of estrogen receptors in the coronary arteries of young and premenopausal women in relation to central obesity

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 623-627

  Kortelainen, M L ^a   Huttunen, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary disease; Estrogen; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LIPID STORAGE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 1842844993     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802522     Document Type: Article

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