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Testosterone for peri- and postmenopausal women.
BACKGROUND : The value of adding testosterone to hormone therapy (HT) for the management of peri- and postmenopausal women is controversial and has not been systematically reviewed. OBJECTIVES : To determine the benefits and risks of testosterone therapy for peri- and postmenopausal women taking hormone therapy. SEARCH STRATEGY : We searched the Cochrane Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility...
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BACKGROUND Testosterone therapy is being increasingly used in the management of postmenopausal women. However, as clinical trials have demonstrated a significantly increased risk of breast cancer with oral combined estrogen-progestin therapy, there is a need to ascertain the risk of including testosterone in such regimens. OBJECTIVE Evaluation of experimental and epidemiological studies perta...
متن کاملComparison of salivary versus serum testosterone levels in postmenopausal women receiving transdermal testosterone supplementation versus placebo.
OBJECTIVE Clinical assessment of androgen action and its correlation to testosterone levels in women has been challenging. The current gold standard for measuring biologically active testosterone (T) is serum free T by equilibrium dialysis. Alternative methods are desirable due to the cost, complexity, and limited availability of the equilibrium dialysis method. Salivary testing has been propos...
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare total testosterone blood level among three groups of postmenopausal women: control, mild to moderate dry eye and severe dry eye. METHODS Twenty-nine postmenopausal women were selected. The exclusion criteria were: hormone replacement therapy in the last 8 weeks, mechanical palpebral abnormalities, pterygium, lacrimal obstructions, intraocular i...
متن کاملPharmacokinetics of a testosterone gel in healthy postmenopausal women.
BACKGROUND The paucity of pharmacokinetic data on androgen formulations in women has hindered clinical trials of testosterone supplementation in women. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the time course and profile of serum testosterone concentrations during treatment with different doses of testosterone gel in postmenopausal women and assess whether estrogen treatment aff...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0021-972X
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.4.1843