Characteristics and initial diagnoses in women presenting to a referral center for vulvovaginal disorders in 1996-2000

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 854-860

  Hansen, Amy ^a   Carr, Kirsten ^a   Jensen, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyspareunia; Vulvar diseases; Vulvar pain; Vulvar vestibulitis; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHOLIN GLAND; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSESTHESIA; DYSPAREUNIA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; PAIN; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; SYMPTOM; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VULVA DISEASE; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS; VULVODYNIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PAIN; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGINAL DISEASES; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 0036802340     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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