by Jane Reckelhoff, Licy L. Yanes Cardozo, Noha Shawky (Author)

Sex and Gender Differences in Cardiovascular-Renal-Metabolic Physiology and Pathophysiology: Sex, Gender and Function, the latest release in the Fundamentals of Physiology series, provides a fundamental overview on sex and gender differences in all aspects of physiology. The book shares information on sex and gender differences in a variety of topics in a single comprehensive volume. This book, published in association with the International Union of Physiological Sciences acts as a primer of information scientists can build upon with their own research in sex and gender-based research.

Discusses how sex contributes to human cardiovascular/renal/metabolic disease (i.e., sex steroids, chromosomes, genes)

Provides hot topics in sex/gender research

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