Sex and Gender Differences in Pharmacology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Regitz-Zagrosek, Vera (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 214
• Subjects: Medicine.; Molecular biology.; Pharmacology.; Pharmaceutical technology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Molecular Medicine.; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.

This is the very first book to deal with sex and gender differences in drug therapy - an increasingly recognized medical need. It starts with an overview on S/G in clinical syndromes and a documentation of the medical and socioeconomic damage caused by gender specific adverse drug effects. Part I co...