Dyspareunia in Postmenopausal Women: A Critical Review
BACKGROUND: Dyspareunia, or pain during sexual intercourse, is among the problems most frequently reported by postmenopausal women. Past literature has almost unanimously attributed dyspareunic pain occurring during or after the menopausal transition to declining estrogen levels and vaginal atrophy.
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author | Alina Kao Yitzchak M Binik Anita Kapuscinski Samir Khalifé |
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description | BACKGROUND: Dyspareunia, or pain during sexual intercourse, is among the problems most frequently reported by postmenopausal women. Past literature has almost unanimously attributed dyspareunic pain occurring during or after the menopausal transition to declining estrogen levels and vaginal atrophy. |
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spelling | doaj-art-686ec01a406943c4ab7285a508beda9a2025-02-03T05:48:21ZengWileyPain Research and Management1203-67652008-01-0113324325410.1155/2008/269571Dyspareunia in Postmenopausal Women: A Critical ReviewAlina Kao0Yitzchak M Binik1Anita Kapuscinski2Samir Khalifé3Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBACKGROUND: Dyspareunia, or pain during sexual intercourse, is among the problems most frequently reported by postmenopausal women. Past literature has almost unanimously attributed dyspareunic pain occurring during or after the menopausal transition to declining estrogen levels and vaginal atrophy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/269571 |
spellingShingle | Alina Kao Yitzchak M Binik Anita Kapuscinski Samir Khalifé Dyspareunia in Postmenopausal Women: A Critical Review Pain Research and Management |
title | Dyspareunia in Postmenopausal Women: A Critical Review |
title_full | Dyspareunia in Postmenopausal Women: A Critical Review |
title_fullStr | Dyspareunia in Postmenopausal Women: A Critical Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Dyspareunia in Postmenopausal Women: A Critical Review |
title_short | Dyspareunia in Postmenopausal Women: A Critical Review |
title_sort | dyspareunia in postmenopausal women a critical review |
url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/269571 |
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