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Metabolic changes due to menopause and their response to oestrogen

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A mere decade ago the following comment appeared in a review of the current status of menopause and oestrogen research:

‘Most of what is published is based on emotional and philosophical premises; the change of life is an emotional subject not only to women, but to men and doctors.’ (Utian, 1968).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Case Western Reserve, University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    W. H. Utian (Moderator)

  2. Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

    G. S. Gordan (Secretary, Lady Davies Visiting Professor)

  3. University of California, San Francisco, USA

    G. S. Gordan (Secretary, Lady Davies Visiting Professor)

  4. The Netherlands

    A. A. Haspels & M. Notelovitz

  5. Autria

    H. Kopera

  6. Sweden

    U. Larsson-Cohn & G. Samsioe

  7. UK

    R. Lindsay, M. E. L. Paterson, J. W. W. Studd & M. Thom

  8. France

    R. L. Sitruk-Ware

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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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Utian, W.H. et al. (1979). Metabolic changes due to menopause and their response to oestrogen. 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_8

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