Hormone replacement therapy and the risk of stroke. Follow-up of a population-based cohort in Sweden.

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Authors

Margareta Falkeborn · Uppsala University

I. Persson

Abstract

Hormone replacement therapy with potent estrogens alone or cyclically combined with progestins can, particularly when started shortly after menopause, reduce the risk of stroke.

Topics & Keywords

Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments Estrogen and related hormone effects Phytoestrogen effects and research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PubMed

Volume 153, Issue 10, pp. 1201-9

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