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ReviewClinical interventions in aging2008

Role of androgens, progestins and tibolone in the treatment of menopausal symptoms: a review of the clinical evidence.

Maria Garefalakis, Martha Hickey

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Review in Clinical interventions in aging, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria GarefalakisSchool of Women's and Infants' Health, The University of Western Australia, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Subiaco,Western Australia, Australia. mgarefalakis@obsgyn.uwa.edu.au
Martha Hickey
The University of Western Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Estrogen-containing hormone therapy (HT) is the most widely prescribed and well-established treatment for menopausal symptoms. High quality evidence confirms that estrogen effectively treats hot flushes, night sweats and vaginal dryness. Progestins are combined with estrogen to prevent endometrial hyperplasia and are sometimes used alone for hot flushes, but are less effective than estrogen for this purpose. Data are conflicting regarding the role of androgens for improving libido and well-being. The synthetic steroid tibolone is widely used in Europe and Australasia and effectively treats hot flushes and vaginal dryness. Tibolone may improve libido more effectively than estrogen containing HT in some women. We summarize the data from studies addressing the efficacy, benefits, and risks of androgens, progestins and tibolone in the treatment of menopausal symptoms.

Indexed as

Estrogen Replacement TherapyAffectAndrogensCognitionEstrogen Receptor ModulatorsFemaleHot FlashesHumansLibidoMenopauseMiddle AgedNorpregnenesProgestinsTestosteroneAndrogensEstrogen Receptor ModulatorsNorpregnenesProgestinsTestosteronetibolone

Identifiers

PMID18488873
PMCPMC2544356
OpenAlexW2121741942

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