Models that buzz, squeak, ribbit and oink: using a variety of species to study cardiovascular disease

Drug Discovery Today: Disease Models

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 113-115

  Ross, Robert S ^a   Chen, Ju ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; STROKE; XENOPUS;

EID: 67651208850     PISSN: 17406757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ddmod.2009.05.001     Document Type: Editorial

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