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Genitourinary syndrome of menopause: new terminology for vulvovaginal atrophy from the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health and The North American Menopause Society

D. J. PortmanCorrespondence[email protected]
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M. L. S. Gass
& on behalf of the Vulvovaginal Atrophy Terminology Consensus Conference Panel
Pages 557-563 | Published online: 25 Aug 2014

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