Sex Variation in Occurrence of Myocardium in Human Mitral Valve Cusps

Mitral valve cusps consist mainly of connective tissue and myocardium. Connective tissue fibres within the cusps have been demonstrated to exhibit sex variations in organisation. Mitral prolapse, a disease attributed to defects within the cusps occurs more commonly in females. Sex variations in valv...

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Autores principales: Gatonga,P, Odula,P. O, Saidi,H, Mandela,P
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2009
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