Treatment of menopausal hot flashes with 5-hydroxytryptophan

Maturitas

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 383-385

  Freedman, Robert R ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptophan (5 HTP); Hot flash; Menopause; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77649234429     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.11.025     Document Type: Article

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