Comparative effects of oral esterified estrogens with and without methyltestosterone on endocrine profiles and dimensions of sexual function in postmenopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1341-1352

  Lobo, Rogerio A ^a,b   Rosen, Raymond C ^c   Yang, Hwa Ming ^d   Block, Barbara ^d   Van Der Hoop, Roland Gerritsen ^d  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Estratest; Hypoactive sexual interest; Methyltestosterone; Sex hormone binding globulin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRATEST; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ESTERIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037835524     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00358-3     Document Type: Article

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