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The endometrium in the menopause

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Female and Male Climacteric

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The effects of exogenous oestrogens on the endometrium have become of special significance to both the medical and lay public. Oestrogens have been suggested as an aetiological factor in the development of endometrial cancer, thus causing concern to physicians; and sensational handling by the media of any reported oestrogen/cancer link, however ill- or well-founded, inevitably distresses patients. Few topics provoke more discussion amongst well-informed clinicians and the resultant controversy only confuses the non-expert medical practitioner.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King’s College Hospital Medical School, London, UK

    S. Campbell (Moderator) & M. I. Whitehead (Secretary)

  2. USA

    D. W. Cramer, R. D. Gambrell Jr & D. R. Shanklin

  3. UK

    R. J. B. King & M. E. L. Paterson

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  1. International Health Foundation, 8, avenue Don Bosco, 1150, Brussels, Belgium

    P. A. van Keep

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

    D. M. Serr

  3. Medical College of Georgia, School of Medicine, Augusta, Georgia, USA

    R. B. Greenblatt

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Campbell, S. et al. (1979). The endometrium in the menopause. In: van Keep, P.A., Serr, D.M., Greenblatt, R.B. (eds) Female and Male Climacteric. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9720-5_10

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