The role of estrogen in the formation of experimental abdominal aortic aneurysm

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-54

  Wu, Xiao Fei ^a   Zhang, Jian ^b   Paskauskas, Saulius ^c   Xin, Shi Jie ^b   Duan, Zhi Quan ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Aortic aneurysm; Estrogen; Matrix metalloproteinase

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; MESSENGER RNA;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 57749179288     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.11.022     Document Type: Article

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