Prospective Study of Endogenous Circulating Estradiol and Risk of Stroke in Older Women

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that circulating endogenous estradiol is associated with stroke risk in older postmenopausal women. Stroke incidence increases after menopause, when endogenous estrogen levels fall, yet exogenous estrogen increases strokes in older postmenopausal women. The relation...

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Published in:Arch Neurol
Main Authors: Lee, Jennifer S., Yaffe, Kristine, Lui, Li-Yung, Cauley, Jane, Taylor, Brent, Browner, Warren, Cummings, Steven
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4406483/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20142527
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archneurol.2009.322
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