Only a matter of time? Hormone therapy and cognition

Menopause

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Henderson, Victor W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EDITORIAL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MEMORY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 13444271863     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042192-200512010-00002     Document Type: Editorial

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