Low and conventional dose transdermal oestradiol are equally effective at preventing bone loss in spine and femur at all post-menopausal ages

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-84

  Evans, S F ^a   Davie, M W J ^a  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030066375     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.637459.x     Document Type: Article

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