EMAS position statement: Non-hormonal management of menopausal vasomotor symptoms

Maturitas

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 410-413

  Mintziori, Gesthimani ^a   Lambrinoudaki, Irene ^b   Goulis, Dimitrios G ^a   Ceausu, Iuliana ^c   Depypere, Herman ^d   Erel, C Tamer ^e   Pérez López, Faustino R ^f   Schenck Gustafsson, Karin ^g   Simoncini, Tommaso ^h   Tremollieres, Florence ⁱ   Rees, Margaret ^j  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^g KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

ⁱ Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^j JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Behavioral therapies; Gabapentin; Menopause; Non hormonal management; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLIMACTERIUM; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VASOMOTOR DISORDER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SWEATING;

AMINES; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SWEATING;

EID: 84931078916     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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