Alternative and complementary therapies for the menopause

Maturitas

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-343

  Borrelli, Francesca ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging women; Alternative medicine; Climacteric symptoms; Complementary medicine; Menopausal symptoms; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; DIOSCOREA VILLOSA EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HUMULUS LUPULUS EXTRACT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MAGNESIUM; PHYTOSTEROL; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; PRASTERONE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PRIMROSE OIL; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP; ZINC;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG MECHANISM; EXERCISE; FIBER; HOMEOPATHY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPNOSIS; LEISURE; MEDITATION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MOXIBUSTION; OSTEOLYSIS; REFLEXOLOGY; REVIEW; TAI CHI; YOGA; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PHYTOTHERAPY;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PHYTOTHERAPY;

CIMICIFUGA DAHURICA;

EID: 77955656933     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2010.05.010     Document Type: Review

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