The Metabolomic Rationale for Treating Perimenopausal Syndrome as Kidney Deficiency

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Establish a model for perimenopausal syndrome. (a) Swaps from the vagina of rats in the proestrus stage were mainly with epithelial cells with few keratinocytes. (b) There were mainly keratinocytes in the swaps from the vagina of rats in the estrus stage. (c) Roughly equal amount of epithelial cells, keratinocytes, and leucocytes were visible for rats in the metestrus stage. (d) The rats in the diestrus stage were mainly with leucocytes and with few epithelial cells and keratinocytes in the swaps from the vagina.

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