'PROFOX' - The post HRT nightmare

Climacteric

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-219

  Studd, J ^a  

^a London PMS and Menopause Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antidepressants; bisphosphonates; depression; estrogens; intervertebral DISC; osteoporosis; Profox

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTROGEN; FLUOXETINE;

ADULT; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INVOLUTIONAL DEPRESSION; LIBIDO DISORDER; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NIGHTMARE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SWEAT; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

ALENDRONATE; DEPRESSION; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 79952795927     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2010.529199     Document Type: Review

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