Pain sensitivity of and pain radiation from the internal female genital organs

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1785-1788

  Koninckx, P R ^a   Renaer, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Pain; Pain radiation; Pelvic pain; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY; OVIDUCT; PAIN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; UTERUS;

EID: 0030983916     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.8.1785     Document Type: Article

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