Estrogen effects on postural balance in postmenopausal women without vasomotor symptoms: A randomized masked trial

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 278-283

  Ekblad, Sara ^a,b   Lönnberg, Barbro ^a,b   Berg, Göran ^a,b   Ödkvist, Lars ^a,b   Ledin, Torbjörn ^a,b   Hammar, Mats ^b  

^a Department of Health and Environment   (Sweden)

^b Co Hospital of Jönköping ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STABILOGRAPHY; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTMENOPAUSE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0343446123     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00513-X     Document Type: Article

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