The association of estrogen replacement therapy and the Raynaud phenomenon in postmenopausal women

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 208-211

  Fraenkel, Liana ^a   Zhang, Yuqing ^a   Chaisson, Christine E ^a   Evans, Stephen R ^a   Wilson, Peter W F ^b   Felson, David T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

EID: 0032146010     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-3-199808010-00009     Document Type: Article

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