Sexual function, mood and menopause symptoms in Lithuanian postmenopausal women

Climacteric

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 185-193

  Jonusiene, G ^a   Zilaitiene, B ^a   Adomaitiene, V ^a   Aniuliene, R ^a   Bancroft, J ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Hormone Replacement Therapy; Menopause Symptoms; Postmenopause; Sexual Function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIST; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; LUBRICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MOOD DISORDER; ORGASM; PAIN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

EID: 84872439980     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2012.682746     Document Type: Article

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