The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Report on Compounded Bioidentical Hormone Therapy

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Midlife Health, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
² Center for Women's Health, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, University Hospitals, Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
⁵ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Preventive Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.
⁷ Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA.

Editorial

JoAnn V Pinkerton et al. Menopause. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;27(11):1199-1201.

doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000001672.

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Midlife Health, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
² Center for Women's Health, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, University Hospitals, Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
⁵ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Preventive Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.
⁷ Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA.

No abstract available

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