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Association Between Hormone Replacement Therapy and Subsequent Stroke: A Meta-analysis
BMJ 330:342-345, Bath, P.M.W. & Gray, L.J., 2005
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Article Abstract
Hormone replacement therapy was associated with an increased risk of stroke, particularly of ischaemic type. Among subjects who had a stroke, those taking hormone replacement therapy seemed to have a worse outcome. Hormone replacement therapy cannot be recommended for the primary or secondary prevention of stroke.
 
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