id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-354265-udt2spoe Gersh, Felice Menopause status and COVID-19 2020-09-23 .txt text/plain 579 45 51 A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t Dear Editor, We greatly appreciate the publication of this important research article, for its exploration of the connection of estradiol levels and menopausal status with outcomes from infections with SARS-CoV-2 in women. We advocate for the use of physiologically dosed human-identical transdermal estradiol as hormone replacement, combined with human-identical cyclic progesterone, in appropriate recently menopausal women. (8) Given the potential for serious negative effects ensuing from a state of estradiol deficiency, heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic, not only should appropriate postmenopausal women be considered for hormone replacement therapy, but women being treated with aromatase inhibitors and estrogen receptor antagonists should be counseled on the risks and benefits of those drugs, personalized in each case, in light of the findings of this study. Potential influence of menstrual status and sex hormones on female SARS-CoV-2 infection: A cross-sectional study from Multicentre in Wuhan ./cache/cord-354265-udt2spoe.txt ./txt/cord-354265-udt2spoe.txt