Alternative medicine and the perimenopause: An evidence-based review

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 555-573

  Taylor, Maida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDIANTUM CAPILLUS EXTRACT; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; ARNICA MONTANA EXTRACT; CAPSELLA BURSA EXTRACT; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CLAVICEPS PUPUREA EXTRACT; CYPRIPEDUM CALCEOLUS EXTRACT; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS EXTRACT; EQUISETUM ARVENSE EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GOSSYPIUM HERBACEUM EXTACT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; KAVA EXTRACT; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MEGESTROL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; PRIMROSE OIL; PROGESTERONE; RHUS AROMATICA EXTRACT; SAGUISOBRA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRILLIUM ERECTUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIAN;

AFFECT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOVER; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MENOPAUSE; METRORRHAGIA; MOOD; NUTRITION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

CLIMACTERIC; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MOOD DISORDERS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SWEATING; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0036738381     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8545(02)00016-5     Document Type: Review

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