Effects of hormone therapy on cognition and mood

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 898-904

  Fischer, Barbara ^a   Gleason, Carey ^a,b   Asthana, Sanjay ^a,b  

^a WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; Hormone therapy; mood

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CLIMACTERIUM; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MOOD; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VERBAL MEMORY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

COGNITION; HORMONE THERAPY; MOOD;

CAUSALITY; COGNITION DISORDERS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENOPAUSE; MOOD DISORDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84897136653     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.02.025     Document Type: Review

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