A pilot study of vaginal nerve fiber and blood vessel density in postmenopausal women with genitourinary syndrome of menopause
Vaginal blood supply and extent of vascularization may contribute to vaginal discomfort symptoms in postmenopausal people; however, the results of this small study need to be confirmed with a larger sample size.
Authors
- Agnès Bergerat
- Kaitlyn E. James (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2267-372X)
- Tuanlian Luo
- Sarina B. Elmariah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1352-5020)
- Katherine A. Guthrie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7257-8280)
- Susan D. Reed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7532-3785)
- Caroline M. Mitchell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9924-2349)
- Emily Dotson
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Reproductive Science Center (US)
- Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/gme.0000000000002686
- Primary Topic
- Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00