Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in women
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Cardiovascular risk factors and disease in women.
Coronary artery disease and stroke predominantly affect older women as opposed to younger women, but the risk factors that contribute to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk often start in young women. Young women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), with migraine, and who use oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) have short-term increases in thrombotic complications that can result in coron...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Human Hypertension
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0950-9240,1476-5527
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000696