Vaginal Anatomy and Physiology

Journal of Pelvic Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 263-272

  Siddique, Sohail A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CODEINE; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ESTROGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PAROXETINE; PHYTOESTROGEN; POLYSILOXANE; PROGESTERONE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEX HORMONE; SPIRONOLACTONE; STEROID; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGING; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANATOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENOPAUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; VAGINA; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0742322781     PISSN: 15425983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.spv.0000094481.95144.3d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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