Sepsis and sex: Can we look beyond our hormones?

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1725-1727

  Berkowitz, David M ^a,b   Martin, Greg S ^a,b,c  

^a Emory University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Grady Memorial Hospital

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NORADRENALIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEART FUNCTION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MENOPAUSE; MORTALITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 37549034272     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-2001     Document Type: Editorial

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