The Importance of Considering Sex Differences in Translational Stroke Research

Translational Stroke Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 261-273

  Ahnstedt, Hilda ^a   McCullough, Louise D ^b   Cipolla, Marilyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Sex differences; Stroke; Tissue plasminogen activator; Translational

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISABLED PERSON; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL STROKE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARDS; STROKE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STROKE; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84982995390     PISSN: 18684483     EISSN: 1868601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12975-016-0450-1     Document Type: Article

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