Clarifying Vaginal Atrophy's Impact on Sex and Relationships (CLOSER) survey: Emotional and physical impact of vaginal discomfort on North American postmenopausal women and their partners

Menopause

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 137-142

  Simon, James A ^a   Nappi, Rossella E ^b   Kingsberg, Sheryl A ^c   Maamari, Ricardo ^d   Brown, Vivien ^e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Discomfort; Local estrogen therapy; Male partner; Postmenopausal; Vaginal

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATROPHY; COITUS; DYSPAREUNIA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VAGINA; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84895076825     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0b013e318295236f     Document Type: Article

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