Vaginal polyps and hormones - Is there a link?: A case series

Maturitas

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 351-355

  Sharma, Sandeep ^a   Albertazzi, Paola ^b   Richmond, Ian ^b  

^a BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibroepithelial polyps; Hormones; Vaginal

Indexed keywords

HORMONE DERIVATIVE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; SEX HORMONE; TAMOXIFEN; TIBOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FIBROEPITHELIAL STROMAL POLYP; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; POLYP; POLYPECTOMY; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 31544433367     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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