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Section Type: METHODS

Text: Eighty-four patients in either surgical or spontaneous menopause were randomly allocated into four groups : 15 patients in surgical menopause were treated with estrogens alone administered transdermically (17 beta-estradiol, 50 micrograms/day) ; 15 patients in surgical menopause were treated with oral conjugated equine estrogens (0. 625 mg/day) ; 18 patients in spontaneous menopause were treated with transdermic estrogens plus oral progestagen (17 beta-estradiol 50 micrograms/day, acetate medroxyprogestogen 10 mg/day for 12 days per month) ; 16 patients in spontaneous menopause were treated with oral conjugated equine estrogens (0. 625 mg/day) plus oral progestagen (10 mg/day for 12 days per month).