Estrogen reduces proliferation and agonist-induced calcium increase in coronary artery smooth muscle cells

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 PART 2, 1997, Pages

  Bhalla, Ramesh C ^a   Toth, Karen F ^a   Bhatty, Robert A ^a   Thompson, Loren P ^a   Sharma, Ram V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cytosolic calcium; Thymidine incorporation; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745376261     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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