Endometrial histology and bleeding patterns after 8 years of continuous combined estrogen and progestogen therapy in postmenopausal women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 1008-1010

  Leather, A T ^a   Savvas, M ^a   Studd, J W W ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; MESTRANOL PLUS NORETHISTERONE; NORETHISTERONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS BLEEDING;

DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; NORETHINDRONE; PROGESTERONE; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0025720699     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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