The impact of different HRT regimens on compliance

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 362-371

  Dören, Martina ^a   Schneider, H P G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Compliance; Hormone replacement therapy; Postmenopausal regimens

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005637656     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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