Endothelial aging and gender

Maturitas

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 326-330

  Virdis, A ^a   Taddei , S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Estrogen; Nitric oxide; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANDROGEN; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; INDOMETACIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NORETHISTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY WALL; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARIECTOMY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERUS MYOMA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

AGING; ANDROGENS; ARGININE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84858076628     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.01.010     Document Type: Review

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