A comparison of the effect of estrogen with or without progesterone on mood and physical symptoms in postmenopausal women

Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 637-646

  Girdler, Susan S ^a,b,c   O'Briant, Colleen ^b   Steege, John ^a   Grewen, Karen ^b   Light, Kathleen C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTALGIA; MOOD; MUSCLE CRAMP; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0032830125     PISSN: 15246094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1.1999.8.637     Document Type: Article

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