Vaginal Atrophy in the Postmenopausal Woman: The Importance of Sexual Activity and Hormones

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 249, Issue 16, 1983, Pages 2195-2198

  Leiblum, Sandra ^a   Bachmann, Gloria ^a   Kemmann, Ekkehard ^a   Colburn, Daniel ^a   Swartzman, Leora ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX; THERAPY; VAGINA ATROPHY;

AGED; ANDROGENS; ATROPHY; COITUS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; MASTURBATION; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; VAGINA;

EID: 84944970379     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1983.03330400041022     Document Type: Article

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