JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 219-223 , May 2007

Gynecologic Care of Elderly Women

  • Susan M. Richman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Susan Richman, MD, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, 20 York Street, FMB 340, New Haven, CT 06504.
    • ,
  • Margaret A. Drickamer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

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 Supported in part by the American Geriatrics Society Hartford Foundation Grant for Education in Surgical Subspecialties. The authors retained full independence in the conduct of this research.

PII: S1525-8610(06)00607-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.12.019

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Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 219-223 , May 2007

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