Menopause in German and Chinese women - An analysis of symptoms, TCM-diagnosis and hormone status

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 194-196

  Rampp, Thomas ^a   Tan, Linda ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a   Sun, Zhuo Jun ^b   Klose, Petra ^a   Musial, Frauke ^a   Dobos, Gustav Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; Estrogen; German; Kupperman Index; Menopause; Testosterone; Traditional Chinese medicine; Yang; Yin

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FORMICATION; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN POPULATION; VERTIGO;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; ESTROGENS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 54549096899     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-008-0194-1     Document Type: Article

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