Permanent cessation of menses and postmenopausal hormone use in dialysis-dependent women: The HELP study

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 643-650

  Kramer, Holly Mattix ^b   Curhan, Gary C ^b   Singh, Ajay ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Estrogen; Menopause; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHEMOTHERAPY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; MORTALITY; OVARIECTOMY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0037373905     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2003.50126     Document Type: Article

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