A consideration of the potential benefits and harms of menopausal hormone treatment

Ming Jun Kuck; Eef Hogervorst

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1004567

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A consideration of the potential benefits and harms of menopausal hormone treatment

Ming Jun Kuck,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Centre for Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, England

https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9798-500X

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Eef Hogervorst

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: e.hogervorst@lboro.ac.uk

Affiliation National Centre for Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, England

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9729-4989

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A consideration of the potential benefits and harms of menopausal hormone treatment

Ming Jun Kuck,
Eef Hogervorst

Published: April 10, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004567

About the Authors

Ming Jun Kuck

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Centre for Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, England

https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9798-500X

Eef Hogervorst

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: e.hogervorst@lboro.ac.uk

Affiliation National Centre for Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, England

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9729-4989

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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