Vulvar vestibulitis subjects undergoing surgical intervention: A descriptive analysis and histopathological correlates

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 165-168

  Chaim, Walter ^a,b   Meriwether, Curtis ^b   Gonik, Bernard ^b   Qureshi, Faisal ^b   Sobel, Jack D ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interstitial cystitis; Mast cells; Perineoplasty; Vulvovestibulitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINITIS; VULVITIS;

EID: 0030248350     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-2115(96)02502-X     Document Type: Article

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