Testosterone, tissue factor inhibition and vascular aging

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-10

  Andreotti, Felicita ^a   Ferrante, Giuseppe ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; HEPARIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLACEBO; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHEAR STRESS; STEM CELL; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

AGING; ANDROGENS; BLOOD COAGULATION; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; TESTOSTERONE; THROMBOPLASTIN;

EID: 74249098605     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-11-0778     Document Type: Editorial

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