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Transdermal estradiol treatment during breastfeeding: maternal and infant serum concentrations

Authors: Emily Pinheiro, Debra L. Bogen, Denada Hoxha, Katherine L. Wisner

Published in: Archives of Women's Mental Health | Issue 2/2016

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We examined estradiol (E2) and estrone (E1) concentrations in breastfeeding mother-infant dyads. The mothers had postpartum depression and were participants in a randomized clinical trial with three treatments (transdermal E2, sertraline, and placebo). Neither infant E1 and E2 concentrations nor infant growth differed across the treatments. Transdermal E2 administration of 50 to 200 mcg/day for breastfeeding women did not affect infant E1 or E2 concentrations or infant growth.

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Title: Transdermal estradiol treatment during breastfeeding: maternal and infant serum concentrations
Authors: Emily Pinheiro
Debra L. Bogen
Denada Hoxha
Katherine L. Wisner
Publication date: 01-04-2016
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Archives of Women's Mental Health / Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 1434-1816
Electronic ISSN: 1435-1102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-015-0532-1

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