Two hormone replacement therapy (HRT) regimens for middle-eastern postmenopausal women

Maturitas

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-59

  Elfituri, Abdulbaset ^a   Sherif, Fathi ^b   Elmahaishi, Mohamed ^c   Chrystyn, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Hormone replacement therapy; Middle Eastern women; Postmenopausal symptoms

Indexed keywords

DYDROGESTERONE PLUS ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; TIBOLONE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NERVOUSNESS; NIGHT SWEAT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; DYDROGESTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LIBYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NORPREGNENES; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24144490818     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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