Effects of gender on the severity of sepsis

Surgery Today

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 467-472

  Erikoǧlu, Mehmet ^a,b   Şhin, Mustafa ^a   Özer, Şükrü ^a   Avunduk, Mustafa Cihat ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endotoxemia; Gender; Liver; Lung; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTOXEMIA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER CONGESTION; LIVER NECROSIS; LUNG; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PNEUMONIA; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EDEMA; ENDOTOXEMIA; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; RATS; SEPSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 21044431754     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-004-2958-3     Document Type: Article

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