Postmenopausal hormonal therapy: Current status
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Current Status of Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy
ormone therapy (HT) is one of the most prescribed medical regimens in the United States. Before the July 2002 publication of the opposedestrogen arm of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), which linked at least 3 years of HT to an elevated risk of invasive breast cancer, an estimated 38% of postmenopausal women in this country were taking HT. In 2000, this group accounted for 46 million prescri...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2230-8210
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8210.119504