Gender dimorphism following injury: Making the connection from bench to bedside

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 499-506

  Sperry, Jason L ^a,b   Minei, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Gender based outcome differences; Laboratory research

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUTAMIDE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PRASTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HEART FUNCTION; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INJURY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; LUNG INJURY; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 43349102298     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0607360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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