hot flash; menopausal vasomotor symptom

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Etiology

Epidemiology

  • longer duration of symptoms in black women
  • shorter duration of symptoms in obese women

Pathology

Clinical manifestations

Complications

  • women with untreated vasomotor symptoms use more outpatient healthcare services & lose more work days than symptom-free women[15]

Management

More general terms

Additional terms

References

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