Article
Effect of oral hormone replacement therapy on plasma homocysteine levels.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica - 1 Jan 2006
Guimarães Daniela Amorim Melgaço, Cardoso Jarbas, Dusse Luci Maria Sant'ana, Franco Romerson Martins, Franco Hilton de A, Alvim Túlio César, Teixeira George da Silva, Carvalho Maria das Graças, Fernandes Ana Paula
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Various inherited or acquired conditions can lead to mild or severe hyperhomocysteinemia, which has toxic effects on the vascular endothelium. It has been reported that hormone replacement therapy is associated with decreased homocysteine plasma levels, but this is still a controversial issue. PURPOSE: To compare homocysteine plasma levels in women before and after 3 months of oral hormone replacement...
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