Hormone therapy for younger women may not increase CHD risk during 5 7 years follow-up, but stroke risk was increased independent of age

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Robert L Reid. Evid Based Med. 2007 Oct.

. 2007 Oct;12(5):137.

doi: 10.1136/ebm.12.5.137.

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