title: Sexual function in the perimenopause.
abstract: Proper medical supervision and care, especially the prescribing of appropriate pharmacologic therapy, combined with factual information, supportive guidance, and sympathetic counseling will ameliorate or enhance sexual function in most perimenopausal women. The preventive steps taken during the midlife years will help build a solid foundation to ensure continued sexual activity and enjoyment for couples that extends into the menopausal, postmenopausal, and geriatric years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Bachmann
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones