Effects of lower doses of conjugated equine estrogens and medroxyprogesterone acetate on endometrial bleeding

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1080-1087

  Archer, David F ^a   Dorin, Maxine ^b   Lewis, Vivian ^c   Schneider, Diane L ^d   Pickar, James H ^e  

^a The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WYETH AYERST RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding patterns; Conjugated equine estrogens (CEE); Hormone replacement therapy (HRT); Lower doses; Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA); Women's HOPE study

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERUS BLEEDING;

AMENORRHEA; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0034992740     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)01792-7     Document Type: Article

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