Are women with urogenital atrophy symptomatic?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 382-388

  Davila, G Willy ^a   Singh, Anita ^a   Karapanagiotou, Ifigenia ^a   Woodhouse, Sherry ^a   Huber, Karen ^a   Zimberg, Stephen ^a   Seiler, Jeffrey ^a   Kopka, Stacy L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen therapy; Menopause; Vaginal atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINA MUCOSA; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0037325086     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.23     Document Type: Article

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