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Does estrogen therapy reduce coronary artery calcification in postmenopausal women?

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boxed-textManson JE et al. for the WHI and WHI-CACS Investigators (2007) Estrogen therapy and coronary-artery calcification. N Engl J Med 356: 2591–2602

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  1. National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK j.stevenson@imperial.ac.uk

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  1. JC Stevenson is Consultant Metabolic Physician and Reader at the Royal Brompton Hospital, and honorary Principal Research Fellow at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.,

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JC Stevenson has received speakers' bureau honoraria from AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, Organon, and Schering. He has also acted as a consultant for Novo Nordisk and Schering.

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