Prevention of femoral and lumbar bone loss with hormone replacement therapy and vitamin D3 in early postmenopausal women: A population-based 5- year randomized trial

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 546-552

  Komulainen, Marja ^a,b,c   Kröger, Heikki ^a,c   Tuppurainen, Marjo T ^a,c   Heikkinen, Anna Mari ^a,c   Alhava, Esko ^a,c   Honkanen, Risto ^c   Jurvelin, Jukka ^b   Saarikoski, Seppo ^a,c  

^a Department of Obstet and G ^*  (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; CYPROTERONE ACETATE PLUS ESTRADIOL VALERATE; D CALSOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CHOLECALCIFEROL; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PLACEBOS; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0033017442     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.84.2.546     Document Type: Article

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