Gender Medicine: The Journal for the Study of Sex & Gender Differences
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 343-354 , December 2011

Evidence That the G Protein–Coupled Membrane Receptor GPR30 Contributes to the Cardiovascular Actions of Estrogen

  • Sarah H. Lindsey, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Sarah H. Lindsey, PhD, Hypertension and Vascular Research Center, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Hanes Building, 6th Floor, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1032
    • ,
  • Mark C. Chappell, PhD, FAHA

,Accepted 26 October 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genm.2011.10.004

Gender Medicine: The Journal for the Study of Sex & Gender Differences
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 343-354 , December 2011

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