Increased estradiol and improved sleep, but not hot flashes, predict enhanced mood during the menopausal transition

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Joffe, Hadine ^a   Petrillo, Laura Fagioli ^a   Koukopoulos, Alexia ^a   Viguera, Adele C ^a   Hirschberg, April ^a   Nonacs, Ruta ^a   Somley, Brittny ^a   Pasciullo, Erica ^a   White, David P ^b   Hall, Janet E ^a   Cohen, Lee S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PLACEBO; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AFFECT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMENOPAUSE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PYRIDINES; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960090026     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-2503     Document Type: Article

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