作者: C. E. Gleason , B. Cholerton , C. M. Carlsson , S. C. Johnson , S. Asthana
DOI: 10.1007/S00018-004-4385-Z
关键词: Stroke 、 Epidemiology 、 Gynecology 、 Women's Health Initiative 、 Estrogen 、 Intensive care medicine 、 Hormone therapy 、 Dementia 、 Hormone replacement therapy (menopause) 、 Adverse effect 、 Medicine
摘要: Recent findings from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) have raised considerable concern over prolonged use of opposed and unopposed oral conjugated equine estrogen (CEE), given increased risk serious adverse effects, including stroke venous thromboembolic complications. Furthermore, results WHI Memory Study (WHIMS) indicated that 5 years therapy with Prempro impaired performance on global cognitive tests nearly doubled dementia. These surprising were contradictory to cumulative evidence basic science, epidemiological some intervention studies suggesting hormone was cardioprotective could potentially reduce This review paper focuses neurobiology estrogen, summarizing clinical for neuroprotective cognition-enhancing efficacy estrogen. Further, briefly discusses variables may account unexpected WHIMS, offers suggestions future research.