Clinical profile of menopausal insomniac women referred to sleep laboratory

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 422-427

  Hachul, Helena ^a,b   Brandão, Leticia De C ^a   Bittencourt, Lia R A ^a   D'Almeida, Vânia ^a   Andersen, Monica L ^a   Baracat, Edmund C ^a   Tufik, Sergio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

benzodiazepines; hormonal therapy; hormones; hot flashes; hypertension; insomnia; Menopause; sleep; sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; THYROID DISEASE; AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS;

AGED; BENZODIAZEPINES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 64849108974     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340902777509     Document Type: Article

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