Vaginal dryness and quality of life in mature women
- Authors: Kuznetsova I.V.1
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- Higher Medical School
- Issue: Vol 22, No 6 (2020)
- Pages: 9-14
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2075-1753/article/view/95263
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.26442/20751753.2020.6.200327
- ID: 95263
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##article.viewOnOriginalSite##About the authors
Irina V. Kuznetsova
Higher Medical School
Email: ms.smith.ivk@gmail.com
д-р мед. наук, проф., рук. направления Moscow, Russia
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