Endogenous oestradiol but not testosterone is related to coronary artery disease in men

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-183

  Callou De Sá, Emmanuela Quental ^a   Feijõ De Sá, Francisco Carleial ^b   E Silva, Rebeca De Souza ^c   De Oliveira, Kelly Cristina ^a   Guedes, Alexis Dourado ^a   Feres, Fausto ^b   Verreschi, Ieda Therezinha Do Nascimento ^a  

^a Division of Endocrinology   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FREE ANDROGEN INDEX; FREE ESTROGEN INDEX; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THORAX PAIN; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ESTRADIOL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79960156350     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04017.x     Document Type: Article

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