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Menopausal hormone therapy for primary prevention: why the USPSTF is wrong

R. D. LangerPrincipal Scientist, Jackson Hole Center for Preventive Medicine, Jackson, WY, Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research and Professor of Family Medicine, University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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J. A. SimonClinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA;
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A. PinesClinical Professor of Internal Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel;
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R. A. LoboProfessor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA;
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H. N. HodisHarry J. Bauer and Dorothy Bauer Rawlins Professor of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine and Director, Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA;
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J. H. PickarAdjunct Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA;
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D. F. ArcherProfessor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA;
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P. M. SarrelEmeritus Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Reproductive Sciences, and Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA;
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W. H. UtianProfessor Emeritus, Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Pages 402-413 | Received 04 Jul 2017, Accepted 28 Jul 2017, Published online: 14 Aug 2017

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