A one-year follow-up on the effects of raloxifene on thyroid function in postmenopausal women

Menopause

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 176-179

  Ceresini, Graziano ^a,b   Morganti, Simonetta ^a   Rebecchi, Isabella ^a   Bertone, Luca ^a   Ceda, Gian Paolo ^a   Bacchi Modena, Alberto ^b   Sgarabotto, Mariapaola ^b   Baldini, Monica ^b   Ablondi, Fabrizio ^a   Valenti, Giorgio ^a   Braverman, Lewis E ^c  

^a Dept of Int Med and Biomed Sci   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Menopause; Raloxifene; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PLACEBO; RALOXIFENE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; THYROXINE BINDING GLOBULIN; THYROXINE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; OSTEOPENIA; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; RALOXIFENE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; THYROXINE-BINDING PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342475203     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.GME.0000094169.64352.3B     Document Type: Article

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