Do progestogens and progesterone reduce bone loss?

Menopause

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-19

  Studd, John ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Osteoporosis; Progestogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002437505     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042192-199603010-00004     Document Type: Article

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