Effect of postmenopausal hormones on inflammation-sensitive proteins: The Postmenopausal Estrogen/Progestin Interventions (PEPI) study

Circulation

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 717-722

  Cushman, Mary ^a,b   Legault, Claudine ^c   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^d   Stefanick, Marcia L ^e   Kessler, Craig ^f   Judd, Howard L ^g   Sakkinen, Pamela A ^b   Tracy, Russell P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Hormones; Inflammation; Risk factors; Women

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8A; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033578463     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.100.7.717     Document Type: Article

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