Effect of 1-year, low-dose DHEA therapy on climacteric symptoms and female sexuality

Climacteric

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 661-668

  Genazzani, A R ^a   Stomati, M ^b   Valentino, V ^a   Pluchino, N ^a   Poti E ^c   Casarosa, E ^a   Merlini, S ^a   Giannini, A ^a   Luisi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b D Camberlingo Hospital   (Italy)

^c A Parrino Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

androgens; dhea; hormonal replacement therapy; menopause; sexuality

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROGESTERONE; DYDROGESTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMOSTON CONTI; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE; TIBOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MCCOY FEMALE SEXUALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY;

CLIMACTERIC; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DYDROGESTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORPREGNENES; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEXUALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81755188336     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2011.579649     Document Type: Article

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