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Hormone Replacement Therapy

Medical Definition: Therapeutic use of hormones to alleviate the effects of hormone deficiency.
Guide Notes: coord IM with specific hormone /ther use; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY is also available
Previously Indexed: Estrogen Replacement Therapy (1990-1998)
Hormone Replacement Therapy Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Estrogen Replacement Therapy - The use of hormonal agents with estrogen-like activity in postmenopausal or other estrogen-deficient women to alleviate effects of hormone deficiency, such as vasomotor symptoms, DYSPAREUNIA, and progressive development of OSTEOPOROSIS. This may also include the use of progestational agents in combination therapy.

Hormone Replacement Therapy Medical Definitions and Terms

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