Estrogen replacement therapy in older women: A neuropsychological and brain MRI study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1307-1313

  Schmidt, R ^a   Fazekas, F ^a   Reinhart, B ^a   Kapeller, P ^a   Fazekas, G ^a   Offenbacher, H ^a   Eber, B ^a   Schumacher, M ^a   Freidl, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; MEDROGESTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0029955759     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01400.x     Document Type: Article

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