Therapy for vaginismus: In vivo versus in vitro desensitization

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 941-944

  Schnyder, Ulrich ^a   Schnyder Lüthi, Christine ^b   Ballinari, Pietro ^b   Blaser, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Desensitization; Sexual dysfunction; Sexual medicine; Sexual therapy; Vaginismus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; SEX THERAPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINISM;

EID: 0032417844     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674379804300910     Document Type: Article

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