Vulvar vestibulitis: Is it a defined and treatable entity?

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 945-956

  Boardman, Lori A ^a   Peipert, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA INTERFERON; CAPSAICIN; CITRATE CALCIUM; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON;

CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET THERAPY; DYSPAREUNIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS; VULVODYNIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; SYNDROME; VULVITIS;

EID: 0033396038     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199912000-00022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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