Combination of subtotal perineoplasty and interferon for the treatment of vulvar vestibulitis

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-56

  Bornstein, Jacob ^a   Abramovici, Haim ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dyspareunia; Human papillomavirus; Interferon; Perineoplasty; Vestibulitis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVA DISEASE; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS; VULVITIS;

EID: 0030853446     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000291409     Document Type: Article

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