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Editorial
. 2021 Jun 28:76:e3066.
doi: 10.6061/clinics/2021/e3066. eCollection 2021.

Energy-based devices in gynecology: the new frontier for the treatment of genitourinary syndrome of postmenopause?

José Maria Soares-Júnior  1 , Maricy Tacla Alves Barbosa  1 , Lana Maria Aguiar  1 , Isadora Braga Seganfredo  1 , Elsa Aida Gay de Pereyra  1 , Nilson Roberto de Melo  1 , Jorge Milhem Haddad  1 , Edmund Chada Baracat  1
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Editorial

Energy-based devices in gynecology: the new frontier for the treatment of genitourinary syndrome of postmenopause?

José Maria Soares-Júnior et al. Clinics (Sao Paulo). .
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