Low-dose transdermal estradiol for symptomatic perimenopause

Menopause

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-39

  Shulman, Lee P ^a,c   Harari, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b Research Foundation of Southern California   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen pharmacokinetics; Estrogen therapy; Hot flashes; Perimenopause; Transdermal estrogen; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OPEN STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; HOT FLUSH; INTERVIEW; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; CLIMACTERIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442679497     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.GME.0000074705.98544.16     Document Type: Article

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