Clinical Practice Guidelines on Menopause: *An Executive Summary and Recommendations: Indian Menopause Society 2019–2020

Meeta Meeta, Leela Digumarti1, Neelam Agarwal2, Nirmala Vaze3, Rashmi Shah4, Sonia Malik5 Gynecologist, Co‐Director and Chief Consultant, Tanvir Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, 1Gynecologist, Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Aganampudi, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, 2Obs Gynae, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, 3Consultant Obstetrician/Gynaecologist, Counselar Breast, Gynae Cancer & Menopause, Nagpur, 4Gynecologist, Ex Senior Deputy Director, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (ICMR), Mumbai, 5Gynecologist, Director and HOD, Southend Fertility & IVF Centre, New Delhi, India

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Journal of Mid-Life Health

• Publication date

  2020-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.4103/jmh.JMH_137_20PMID 33281418PMCID 7688016
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