An isopropanolic extract of black cohosh does not increase mammographic breast density or breast cell proliferation in postmenopausal women

Menopause

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-96

  Hirschberg, Angelica Lindén ^a   Edlund, Måns ^a   Svane, Gunilla ^a   Azavedo, Edward ^a   Skoog, Lambert ^a   Von Schoultz, Bo ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Black cohosh; Breast cell proliferation; Mammographic breast density; Menopause

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST CELL; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT EDEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HAND EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; SPOTTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

2-PROPANOL; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST; CELL PROLIFERATION; CIMICIFUGA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33846120570     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gme.0000230346.20992.34     Document Type: Article

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