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Hormone Therapy and Venous Thromboembolism Among Postmenopausal Women
Author(s) -
Marianne Caico,
Emmanuel Oger,
Geneviève PluBureau,
Jacqueline Conard,
Guy Meyer,
H. Lévesque,
Nathalie Trillot,
M.T. Barrellier,
Denis Wahl,
Joseph Emmerich,
PierreYves Scarabin
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.642280
Subject(s) - medicine , estrogen , odds ratio , hormone therapy , confounding , progestogen , case control study , transdermal , menopause , gynecology , breast cancer , cancer , pharmacology
Oral estrogen therapy increases the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in postmenopausal women. Transdermal estrogen may be safer. However, currently available data have limited the ability to investigate the wide variety of types of progestogen.

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