Differential impact of conventional oral or transdermal hormone replacement therapy or tibolone on body composition in postmenopausal women

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 691-699

  Hänggi, Willy ^a,b   Lippuner, Kurt ^b   Jaeger, Philippe ^b   Birkhäuser, Martin H ^a   Horber, Fritz F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c KLINIK HIRSLANDEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYDROGESTERONE; ESTRADIOL; TIBOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRANSDERMAL PATCH;

EID: 0031864674     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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