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Do we need clinical trials to test the ability of transdermal HRT to prevent coronary heart disease?

Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with oral oestrogen was predicted to reduce coronary heart disease (CHD) risk by 50%. Randomized controlled trials show no such benefit, however, pointing instead to an initial increase in CHD events. Although the cardiovascular effects of transdermal...

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Autor principal: Crook, David
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC59529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11806798
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cvm-2-5-211