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1Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US - shoupe@usc.edu.
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While the use of menopausal hormone therapy [MHT] when initiated in women younger than 60 years is generally considered to have a good safety profile and to be associated with important treatment and prevention benefits, the length of therapy and the long-term risk benefit profile remains highly controversial.
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