Menopause, hormone treatment and urinary incontinence at midlife
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Menopause, hormone treatment and urinary incontinence at midlife.
Whether there is any association between urinary incontinence and menopause is the subject of debate, partly due to the fact it is difficult to tell the difference between the effects of menopause and those of ageing. For some time it was hoped that hormonal treatment for menopause would be beneficial for urinary incontinence because there are hormonal receptors in the urinary tract. The goal o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Maturitas
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0378-5122
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.10.005