Menopause : the journal of the North American Menopause Society
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Vaginal pH: a simple assessment highly correlated with vaginal morphology and symptoms in postmenopausal women.
The aim of the study was to determine the utility of vaginal pH as a marker of menopause and vulvar and vaginal atrophy (VVA) before and after local estrogen treatment. ⋯ Vaginal pH consistently correlated with parabasal and superficial cells and the visual vaginal epithelial changes and symptoms of dryness and dyspareunia, and is thus a simple outpatient procedure that reflects the hormonal milieu and its effects on the vaginal epithelium.