Open AccessChanges in Bone Mineral Content in Women with Natural Menopause During Treatment with Female Sex Hormones
Author(s) -
Dalén Nils,
Furuhjelm Mirjam,
Jacobson Bertil,
Lamke Bertil
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016347809156525
Subject(s) - medicine , menopause , hormone , bone mineral , bone mineral content , physiology , endocrinology , osteoporosis
. The bone mineral content was determined in eleven women with a natural menopause by X‐ray spectrophotometry during treatment with a combination of estrogens and a gestagen. During a three‐year follow‐up period the hormone treated women significantly increased (P<0.05) their mineral content by 3% a year on average, as compared with a control group. Even in patients who had passed the menopause several years previously, the increase occurred and was particularly great during the first year of treatment.