The effects of estrogen on various organs: Therapeutic approach for sepsis, trauma, and reperfusion injury. Part 1: Central nervous system, lung, and heart

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 883-891

  Kawasaki, Takashi ^a,b   Chaudry, Irshad H ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Females; Males; Reperfusion; Sepsis; Shock; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEART; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PROESTRUS; REPERFUSION INJURY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEART DISEASE; INJURY; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEPSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84878362540     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: 14388359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-012-1425-3     Document Type: Article

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