Hormone Replacement Therapy and Haemostatic Function

T W Meade

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1657626

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1997; 78(01): 765-769
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1657626

Hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women and cardiovascular risk

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Hormone Replacement Therapy and Haemostatic Function

T W Meade

MRC Epidemiology and Medical Care Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, England, UK

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