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Effects of low dose estrogen therapy on the vaginal microbiomes of women with atrophic vaginitis

Atrophic vaginitis (AV) is common in postmenopausal women, but its causes are not well understood. The symptoms, which include vaginal itching, burning, dryness, irritation, and dyspareunia, can usually be alleviated by low doses of estrogen given orally or locally. Regrettably, the composition of v...

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Autores principales: Shen, Jian, Song, Ning, Williams, Christopher J., Brown, Celeste J., Yan, Zheng, Xu, Chen, Forney, Larry J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4840317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27103314
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep24380