Vulvovaginal atrophy

James A. Simon
In: Menopause · 2009 · vol. 16(1) , pp. 5–7 · doi:10.1097/gme.0b013e3181924701 · PMID:19131842 · W2094799558
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This paper reviews vulvovaginal atrophy, a common condition in postmenopausal women, and discusses its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options.

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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, George Washington University School of Medicine, Women's Health & Research Consultants®, Washington, DC Financial disclosure: Dr Simon has served as a consultant or on the advisory boards of Allergan (Irvine, CA), The Alliance for Better Bone Health (Cincinnati, OH), Ascend Therapeutics (Herndon, VA), Barr (Pomona, NY), Bayer (Leverkusen, Germany), BioSante (Lincolnshire, IL), Corcept Therapeutics, Inc (Menlo Park, CA), GlaxoSmithKline (Philadelphia, PA), KV Pharmaceutical Co (St Louis, MO), Meditrina Pharmaceuticals (Ann Arbor, MI), Merck (Whitehouse Station, NJ), Merrion Pharmaceuticals (Wilmington, NC), Nanma/Tripharma/Trinity (Glen Arm, MD), Novo Nordisk A/S (Bagsvrerd, Denmark), Novogyne (East Hanover, NJ), Pear Tree Pharmaceuticals (Cambridge, MA), QuatRx Pharmaceuticals (Ann Arbor, MI), Roche (Basel, Switzerland), Schering-Plough (Kenilworth, NJ), Sciele (Atlanta, GA), Solvay (Marietta, GA), Warner Chilcott (Rockaway, NJ), and Wyeth (Madison, NJ). He has received grant/research support from BioSante, Boehringer Ingelheim, (Ingelheim, Germany), FemmePharma (Wayne, PA), GlaxoSmithKline, Nanma/Tripharma/Trinity, Novartis (Basel, Switzerland), and Proctor and Gamble (Cincinnati, OH). He has also served on the speaker's bureaus of Ascend, Barr, Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, KV Pharmaceutical Co, Merck, Novartis, Novogyne, Sciele, Warner Chilcott, and Wyeth.

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