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FAQ: Definitions of Menopause and Biological Actions of Sex Steroids

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There has been great confusion about the name of this stage of women’s health and reproductive lives, with vagueness to the term menopause, and the introduction of the stage of perimenopause, or premenopause, as something that doctors, and women, are starting to understand on its own. It is helpful to divide menopause into the stages of perimenopause and postmenopause, as women may experience different symptoms during these times, and clinicians may prescribe differently, based on symptoms and on the results of clinical studies and trials of HT efficacy and safety.

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Sherif, K. (2013). FAQ: Definitions of Menopause and Biological Actions of Sex Steroids. In: Hormone Therapy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6268-2_1

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