Postmenopausal hormone therapy and risk of stroke: The Heart and Estrogen-progestin Replacement Study (HERS)

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 638-642

  Simon, Joel A ^a,b,g   Hsia, Judith ^c   Cauley, Jane A ^d   Richards, Cynthia ^e   Harris, Fran ^b   Fong, Josephine ^b   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^f   Hulley, Stephen B ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e WYETH AYERST RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Hormones; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035814748     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.5.638     Document Type: Article

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