Unexpected vaginal bleeding and associated gynecologic care in postmenopausal women using hormone replacement therapy: Comparison of cyclic versus continuous combined schedules

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 865-869

  Ettinger, Bruce ^a,b   Li, De Kun ^a   Klein, Raymond ^a,c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WYETH AYERST RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug administration schedule; Endometrium; Estrogen replacement therapy; Progestational hormones; Uterine hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA BLEEDING;

AGED; BIOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0032079997     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00047-8     Document Type: Article

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