[HRT in 2006].
According to present terminology, the name: hormonal replacement therapy (as the use of ovarian hormones in postmenopausal women) is replaced by the systemic estrogen therapy (ET) and combined combined estrogen-progestogen therapy (EPT). Treatment with estrogen and progestagens in this period of women's life is accepted intervention only when the strict defined conditions of this therapy are maintained. This paper introduces present rules of the use of systemic ET and EPT according to statements of experts who are interested of menopausal women' treatment.
Skalba
Piotr
P
Gynaecological Endocrinology Department, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy; D004967:Estrogens / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D020249:Hormone Replacement Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D011372:Progestins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D016387:Women's Health; D014944:World Health Organization
D004967:Estrogens; D011372:Progestins