COVID-19 and menstrual status: Is menopause an independent risk factor for SARS Cov-2?

Background: COVID-19 has shown a definite association with gender, a predilection for males in terms of morbidity and mortality. The indirect evidence of the protective effect of estrogen has been shown by Channappanavar, in the animal model and Ding T. in a multihospital study from China, suggestin...

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Main Authors: Neha Mishra, Ritu Sharma, Pinky Mishra, Monika Singh, Shikha Seth, Trideep Deori, Payal Jain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Mid-Life Health
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Online Access:http://www.jmidlifehealth.org/article.asp?issn=0976-7800;year=2020;volume=11;issue=4;spage=240;epage=249;aulast=Mishra