Effects of hormone therapy on the endometrium in postmenopausal women: a one year randomized trial of low dose oral estradiol in association with a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system or drospirenone

• Main Authors: Luiza Schvartzman (Author), José Antônio Magalhães (Author), Fernando Monteiro de Freitas (Author), Carolina Pereira (Author), Julia Azevedo (Author), Edison Capp (Author), Maria Celeste Osório Wender (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco, 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: to compare the endometrial effects and uterine bleeding patterns associated with treatment using (1) levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) and estradiol (1 mg/day, p.o.) or (2) orally administered drospirenone (2 mg/day) andestradiol (1 mg/day). METHODS: thirty-four pati...