Endogenous steroid sex hormones and atherosclerosis of retinal arteries in men

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Tedeschi Reiner, Eugenia ^a   Ivekovic, Renata ^a   Novak Laus, Katia ^a   Reiner, Zeljko ^b  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Estradiol; Progesterone; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL;

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL ARTERY;

EID: 66649120183     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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