Strategies and methods to study female-specific cardiovascular health and disease: A guide for clinical scientists

Biology of Sex Differences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ouyang, Pamela ^a,i   Wenger, Nanette K ^b   Taylor, Doris ^c   Rich Edwards, Janet W ^d   Steiner, Meir ^e   Shaw, Leslee J ^b   Berga, Sarah L ^f   Miller, Virginia M ^g   Merz, Noel Bairey ^h  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Sex specific; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977608896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20426410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13293-016-0073-y     Document Type: Review

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