Effects of trifolium pratense on the climacteric and sexual symptoms in postmenopause;Efeitos do trifolium pratense nos sintomas climatéric os e sexuais na pós-menopausa

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 558-562

  Del Giorno, Cecília ^a   da Fonseca, Angela Maggio ^a   Bagnoli, Vcente Renato ^a   de Assis, Joserita Serrano ^a   Soares Jr , José Maria ^a   Baracat, Edmund Chada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hot Flashes; Menopause; Sexual satisfaction; Trifolium pratense

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650528269     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-42302010000500017     Document Type: Article

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