Fertility and Sterility
Volume 81, Issue 6 , Pages 1498-1501 , June 2004

The Women's Health Initiative could not have detected cardioprotective effects of starting hormone therapy during the menopausal transition

  • Frederick Naftolin, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Frederick Naftolin, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University, P.O. Box 208063, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8063 (FAX: 203-785-5294, USA)
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  • Hugh S. Taylor, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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  • Richard Karas, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Eliot Brinton, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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  • Isadore Newman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Life-Span Development and Gerontology, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA
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  • Thomas B. Clarkson, D.V.M.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Comparative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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  • Michael Mendelsohn, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Rogerio A. Lobo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
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  • Debra R. Judelson, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Women's Heart Institute, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Lila E. Nachtigall, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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  • Christopher B. Heward, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development, The Kronos Group, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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  • Harvey Hecht, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Phillips Ambulatory Care Center, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
    • Vascular Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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  • Michael R. Jaff, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Kronos Longevity Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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  • S.Mitchell Harman, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Kronos Longevity Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Received 18 November 2003 ,Revised 25 February 2004 ,Accepted 25 February 2004.

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PII: S0015-0282(04)00504-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.02.095

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 81, Issue 6 , Pages 1498-1501 , June 2004