Firat University

ERT can restore impaired immune response in postmenopausal women

Published in Women's Health Law Weekly, November 7th, 2004

Based on a study in women who'd undergone surgical menopause, researchers in Turkey say estrogen replacement therapy can restore impaired immune response caused by hormone deficiency in postmenopausal women.

"The complex relationship between sex hormones and immune function suggests that sex hormone deficiency and estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) in postmenopausal women may have pleiotropic effects on immune function. For this reason, we aimed to investigate short-term effects of surgical menopause and ERT on immunity profile in perimenopausal women," said S. Kumru of Firat University and colleagues.

Their study cohort comprised "17 healthy...

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