One-year therapy with 10 mg/day DHEA alone or in combination with HRT in postmenopausal women: Effects on hormonal milieu

Maturitas

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 293-303

  Pluchino, Nicola ^a   Ninni, Filippo ^a   Stomati, Massimo ^b   Freschi, Letizia ^a   Casarosa, Elena ^a   Valentino, Valeria ^a   Luisi, Stefano ^c   Genazzani, Alessandro D ^d   Potì, Elena ^b   Genazzani, Andrea R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b D Camberlingo Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Androgenic deficiency; DHEA replacement therapy; HRT; Neurosteroids; Postmenopausal women; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ANDROGEN; BETA ENDORPHIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; ELTANOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGING; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MILIEU THERAPY; MONOTHERAPY; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; TREATMENT DURATION; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN THERAPY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANOLONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 44549087256     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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