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The effect of hormone replacement therapy cessation on heart rate variability in postmenopausal women

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Heart rate variability showed no statistically significant changes in the time, frequency or complexity measurements either before or following cessation of hormone replacement therapy in healthy postmenopausal women.

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  1. Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, 9602, Haifa 31096, Israel

    Amir Weissman MD, Lior Lowenstein MD & Michal Porat MD

  2. Menopause Clinic, Lin Medical Center Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

    Adam Geva MD

  3. Dept. of Applied Mathematics, Lin Medical Center Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

    Yaron Rosenstein MSc

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Weissman, A., Lowenstein, L., Porat, M. et al. The effect of hormone replacement therapy cessation on heart rate variability in postmenopausal women. Clin Auton Res 15, 411–413 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-005-0295-2

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