Vulval pain

Pain Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-24

  Jones, R W ^a  

^a NATIONAL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; INTERFERON;

CHRONIC PAIN; DERMATOLOGY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; VESTIBULE; VULVA; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS; VULVODYNIA;

EID: 0033914064     PISSN: 09681302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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