Effect of oral conjugated equine estrogen combined with medroxyprogesterone acetate on plasma homocysteine levels in postmenopausal women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1037-1039

  Hsu, Shih Cheng ^a   Liu, Cheng Min ^a   Long, Cheng Yu ^b   Yang, Cheng Hui ^a   Lee, Jau Nan ^a   Tsai, Eing Mei ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; HOMOCYSTEINE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 26244449790     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.05.008     Document Type: Article

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