Postmenopausal hormone therapy: Does it cause incontinence?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 940-945

  Steinauer, Jody E ^a   Waetjen, L Elaine ^a   Vittinghoff, Eric ^a   Subak, Leslee L ^a   Hulley, Stephen B ^a   Grady, Deborah ^b   Lin, Feng ^b   Brown, Jeanette S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 27444435172     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000180394.08406.15     Document Type: Article

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