Hormone Replacement Therapy
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Familial small cell carcinoma of the ovary.

13 Dec 2009 Ovarian tumors have a low incidence in childhood, accounting for 1% of malignancies within the ages of 0-17 years. Small cell carcinoma of the ovary is a rare histology and historically has a poor prognosis. We report a case of an 11-year-old female ... Read more...

Bayesian meta-analysis of hormone therapy and mortality in younger postmenopausal women.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: There is uncertainty over the risks and benefits of hormone therapy. We performed a Bayesian meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of hormone therapy on total mortality in younger postmenopausal women. This analysis synthesizes evidence ... Read more...

Thyroid hormone replacement after thyroid lobectomy.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of and identify risk factors for postoperative hypothyroidism in patients undergoing thyroid lobectomy. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed patients who underwent a thyroid ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hormone Replacement Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Familial small cell carcinoma of the ovary. 13 Dec 2009
• Bayesian meta-analysis of hormone therapy and mortality in younger postmenopausal women. 30 Oct 2009
• Thyroid hormone replacement after thyroid lobectomy. 29 Sep 2009
• Should testosterone replacement be given to men with large prostates? 14 Sep 2009
• Hormone replacement therapy and survival in lung cancer in postmenopausal women in a rural population. 13 Sep 2009
• Comparing progression of non-functioning pituitary adenomas in hypopituitarism patients with and without long-term GH replacement therapy. 2 Sep 2009
• Serum calcium and tumour aggressiveness in breast cancer: a prospective study of 7847 women. 30 Aug 2009
• Surgery in the patient with endocrine dysfunction. 30 Aug 2009
• [Long-term follow-up after endometrial ablation. A questionnaire study on bleedings, hormone treatment and surgery] 15 Aug 2009
• Menopausal hormone therapy--why do different studies have different results for the same outcome? 12 Aug 2009
• The autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy or autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1. 10 Aug 2009
• Hypothalamic involvement predicts cardiovascular risk in adults with childhood onset craniopharyngioma on long-term GH therapy. 8 Aug 2009
• Long term effect of external pituitary irradiation on IGF1 levels in patients with acromegaly free of adjunctive treatment. 4 Aug 2009
• [Postmenopausal hormone therapy--an update. Benefit versus risk--important to identify women with increased breast cancer risk] 30 Jul 2009
• Antiandrogenic activities of Glycyrrhiza glabra in male rats. 30 Jul 2009
• Factors influencing the evolution of West syndrome to Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. 30 Jul 2009
• Thyroxine alone or thyroxine plus triiodothyronine replacement therapy for hypothyroidism. 30 Jul 2009
• Association of genetic variants with the metabolic syndrome in 20,806 white women: The Women's Health Genome Study. 30 Jul 2009
• Peri-operative oral triiodothyronine replacement therapy to prevent postoperative low triiodothyronine state following valvular heart surgery. 30 Jul 2009
• Is pulverized levothyroxine a better therapeutic option in patients with heart failure? 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Hormone Replacement Therapy'

Definition: Therapeutic use of hormones to alleviate the effects of hormone deficiency.

Descriptor UI: D020249

Alternative terms: Hormone Replacement Therapy; Therapy, Hormone Replacement; Hormone Replacement Therapies; Replacement Therapies, Hormone; Therapies, Hormone Replacement; Replacement Therapy, Hormone;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.319.452;

History Note: 99

Technical Notes: coord IM with specific hormone /ther use; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY is also available