ABSTRACT

Estrogen and the Vessel Wall marks the start of a new era in understanding the cardiovascular actions of estrogen. It examines the hypothesis, derived from a growing body of epidemiological data, that estrogen acts directly upon the vessel wall to produce beneficial effects in the cardiovascular system.
Inspired by a satellite symposium of the I

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part 3|7 pages

Cross-talk Between Growth Factors and Estrogen Receptor

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chapter 11|11 pages

Estrogen and Vascular Tone

part 13|1 pages

Animal Models of Atherosclerosis

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INTRODUCTION

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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

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