Effect of short-term transdermal estrogen replacement therapy on sleep: A randomized, double-blind crossover trial in postmenopausal women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 873-880

  Polo Kantola, Päivi ^a   Erkkola, Risto ^a   Irjala, Kerttu ^a   Pullinen, Sirkku ^b   Virtanen, Irina ^c   Polo, Olli ^c  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climacterium; EEG arousal; Estrogen replacement therapy; Menopause; Movement arousal; Sleep; Woman

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONREM SLEEP; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE;

AGED; CLIMACTERIC; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0032967552     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00062-X     Document Type: Article

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