Susceptibility of the Ovariectomized Hen to Cholesterol-Induced Coronary Atherogenesis
- 1 September 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation Research
- Vol. 5 (5), 515-516
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.res.5.5.515
Abstract
A marked sex-difference in susceptibility to cholesterol-induced coronary atherosclerosis exists in mature, gonadally active birds--hens being protected against coronary involvement. This report concerns whether this protection is lost when hens are castrated.Keywords
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