Is placebo as effective as estrogen regimens on vasomotor symptoms in women with surgical menopause?

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-137

  Hassa, H ^a   Tanir, H Mete ^a   Oge, T ^b  

^a OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b A ri Kadin Do um ve Çocuk Hastaliklari Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Greene climacteric scale; Hormone therapy; Placebo; Surgical menopause

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GREENE CLIMACTERIC SCALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; PLACEBO EFFECT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 77954009984     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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