Soy isoflavones versus placebo in the treatment of climacteric vasomotor symptoms: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Menopause

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 660-666

  Bolaños, Rafael ^a   Del Castillo, Angélica ^b   Francia, José ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^b Medical Institute BVida Plena   (Peru)

^c Women's Health Medical Institute BVida Plena   (Peru)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Isoflavones; Soy; Vasomotor

Indexed keywords

DAIDZEIN; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLACEBO;

CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOYBEANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77952247102     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181cb4fb5     Document Type: Review

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