Stroke sensitivity in the aged: sex chromosome complement vs. gonadal hormones

Stroke is a sexually dimorphic disease. Elderly women not only have higher stroke incidence than age-matched men, but also have poorer recovery and higher morbidity and mortality after stroke. In older, post-menopausal women, gonadal hormone levels are similar to that of men. This suggests that tiss...

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Autores principales: McCullough, Louise D., Mirza, Mehwish A., Xu, Yan, Bentivegna, Kathryn, Steffens, Eleanor B., Ritzel, Rodney, Liu, Fudong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Impact Journals LLC 2016
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Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4993340/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27405096
http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/aging.100997

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4993340/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27405096
http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/aging.100997

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