Gendered Innovation in Cardiovascular Science: Implementation of Sex and Gender into Clinical and Biomedical Research

Sandra Eifert; Jeanette Erdmann; Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner

doi:10.1055/s-0032-1324741

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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013; 61(01): 004-006
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1324741

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Gendered Innovation in Cardiovascular Science: Implementation of Sex and Gender into Clinical and Biomedical Research

Sandra Eifert

¹Herzchirurgie, Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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Jeanette Erdmann

²Molekulargenetisches Labor, Medizinische Klinik II, Universität zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

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Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner

³Molekulare Kardiologie, Klinik für Kardiologie und Angiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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