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Hormone Therapy for Sexual Function in Postmenopausal Women

Donna Cohen, MD, MSc,
Emily Brown, MD,
Lancaster General Hospital Family and Community Medicine Residency Program, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

American Family Physician. 2024;109(6):516-517.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

This clinical content conforms to AAFP criteria for CME.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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  5. 5.American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' Committee on Practice Bulletins—Gynecology. Female sexual dysfunction: ACOG practice bulletin clinical management guidelines for obstetriciangynecologists, number 213. Obstet Gynecol. 2019;134(1):e1-e18.

These are summaries of reviews from the Cochrane Library.

This series is coordinated by Corey D. Fogleman, MD, assistant medical editor.

A collection of Cochrane for Clinicians published in AFP is available at https://www.aafp.org/afp/cochrane.

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