Relationship between serum estradiol levels and the increases in high- density lipoprotein levels in postmenopausal women treated with oral estradiol

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 985-989

  Walsh, Brian W ^a   Spiegelman, Donna ^b   Morrissey, Mary ^b   Sacks, Frank M ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033029199     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.84.3.985     Document Type: Article

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