Menopause and hormone-replacement therapy: Part 2. Hormone-replacement therapy regimens
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Hormone Replacement Therapy in Menopause
The menopause is understood like a menstruation cease, because of sudden fall in hormone production. Generally, the symptoms at this stage are heat waves, lack of vaginal lubrication, loss of skin elasticity, hormonal changes, intensification of bone decalcification and reduction of libido. In order to alleviate these symptoms there are Hormone Replacement Therapies (HRT) that use synthetic dru...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Medicine
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0093-0415
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.175.1.32