Why can't a woman be more like a man? Is the angiotensin type 2 receptor to blame or to thank?

Hypertension

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 615-617

  Sandberg, Kathryn ^a   Ji, Hong ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

BLOOD PRESSURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 2; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54749106680     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.115063     Document Type: Note

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