Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy and plasma lipoproteins
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Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy.
Several comprehensive accounts of postmenopausal hormone replacement treatment have been published in the United Kingdom in the past year`so in this review we concentrate on areas which, while often controversial, are of concern to the practising physician. We discuss the effects of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy on the risks of developing coronary heart disease, osteoporosis, and c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Internal Medicine
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0954-6820,1365-2796
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1995.tb01215.x