Cytokine changes in postmenopausal women treated with estrogens: A placebo-controlled study

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 63-69

  Berg, Göran ^a   Ekerfelt, Christina ^a   Hammar, Mats ^a   Lindgren, Richard ^a   Matthiesen, Leif ^a   Ernerudh, Jan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hormones; IFN ; IL 10; IL 4; IL 6; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GESTAGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PLACEBO; SEX HORMONE; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOGENESIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VACCINATION;

CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0036312050     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2002.01061.x     Document Type: Article

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