Gender and sex hormones influence the response to trauma and sepsis: potential therapeutic approaches Hormônios sexuais influenciam a resposta ao trauma e à sepsis: possíveis soluções terapêuticas
Several clinical and experimental studies have demonstrated gender dimorphism in immune and organ responsiveness and in the susceptibility to and morbidity from shock, trauma, and sepsis. In this respect, cell-mediated immune responses have been shown to be depressed in males following trauma-hemorr...
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Language: | English |
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Elsevier España
2006-10-01
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Series: | Clinics |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322006000500017 |