The vulval pain syndromes

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 74-79

  Edwards, Anne ^a   Wojnarowska, Fenella ^b  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysaesthetic vulvodynia; Essential vulvodynia; Neuropathic pain syndromes; Vulval pain syndromes; Vulvar vestibulitis; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; FLUOXETINE; KETOCONAZOLE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DIATHERMY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VULVA DISEASE; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS; VULVECTOMY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN; SYNDROME; VULVAR DISEASES; VULVITIS;

EID: 0031950666     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462981921710     Document Type: Review

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