The menstrual cycle and the COVID-19 pandemic

Anita Mitra; Jan Y. Verbakel; Lorraine S. Kasaven; Menelaos Tzafetas; Karen Grewal; Benjamin Jones; Phillip R. Bennett; Maria Kyrgiou; Srdjan Saso

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0290413

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The menstrual cycle and the COVID-19 pandemic

Anita Mitra,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Jan Y. Verbakel,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Lorraine S. Kasaven ,

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: lk226@doctors.org.uk

Affiliations Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Cutrale and Perioperative Ageing Group, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1752-5220

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Menelaos Tzafetas,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Karen Grewal,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Benjamin Jones,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Phillip R. Bennett,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Maria Kyrgiou,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Srdjan Saso

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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The menstrual cycle and the COVID-19 pandemic

Anita Mitra,
Jan Y. Verbakel,
Lorraine S. Kasaven,
Menelaos Tzafetas,
Karen Grewal,
Benjamin Jones,
Phillip R. Bennett,
Maria Kyrgiou,
Srdjan Saso

Published: October 11, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290413

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