Sex and gender differences in control of blood pressure

Clinical Science

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 311-318

  Maranon, Rodrigo ^a   Reckelhoff, Jane F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Endothelin; Menopause; Obesity; Oestrogen; Renin angiotensinsystem; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; ENZYME; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GESTAGEN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEART; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANDROGENS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

EID: 84880131007     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20130140     Document Type: Review

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