Vaginal symptoms and urinary incontinence in elderly women

Geriatrics

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 12-16

  Pastore, Lisa M ^a   Kightlinger, Rebecca S ^a   Hullfish, Kathie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyspareunla; Postmenopausal; Urinary incontinence; Urogenital symptoms; Vaginal atrophy; Vaginal dryness

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; CLOBETASOL; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DIURETIC AGENT; DULOXETINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL ACETATE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMIPRAMINE; OXYBUTYNIN; TOLTERODINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CANCER RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIURETIC THERAPY; DYSPAREUNIA; ELDERLY CARE; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL PRURITUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; NEURODERMATITIS; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA PESSARY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VAGINAL PRURITUS; VULVA PRURITUS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 34547572042     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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