Sex differences in abdominal aortic aneurysm: The role of sex hormones

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1946-1958

  Makrygiannis, Georgios ^a   Courtois, Audrey ^a,b   Drion, Pierre ^a   Defraigne, Jean Olivier ^a   Kuivaniemi, Helena ^c,d   Sakalihasan, Natzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c WEIS CENTER FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANIMAL MODEL; CASTRATION; CLINICAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; ANIMAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84908262836     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2014.07.008     Document Type: Review

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