Postmenopausal hormone therapy and cognition
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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: Hormones and Behavior
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0018-506X
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.04.018