Venous thromboembolism risk in relation to use of different types of postmenopausal hormone therapy in a large prospective study.

BACKGROUND: Current use of menopausal hormone therapy (HT) increases the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and the formulations used may affect risk. METHODS: A total of 1,058,259 postmenopausal UK women were followed by record linkage to routinely collected National Health Service hospital admis...

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Main Authors: Sweetland, S, Beral, V, Balkwill, A, Liu, B, Benson, V, Canonico, M, Green, J, Reeves, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012